X-15 | Flight 91

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: United States Air Force (Government)
• Rocket: North American X-15

Mission

X-15 Flight 91 was a 1963 American crewed mission, and the second and final flight in the program to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight—a flight over 100 km in altitude. It was the highest flight of the X-15 program.

• Type: Test Flight
• Orbit: Suborbital (Sub)

Launch Site

• Pad: Edwards Air Force Base
• Location: Air launch to Suborbital flight
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Program

• X-15 — Experimental hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft. (Wikipedia)