Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1965.
1Flight
12mTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
John Barron McKay was an American naval officer, World War II pilot, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and astronaut. He flew the X-15 experimental spaceplane to over 50 miles in altitude on Flight 150.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Background
- Born in
- Portsmouth
- Education
- Virginia Tech
- Awards
- Air Medal
From Wikidata.
Flights
- X-15 | Flight 150September 28, 1965
Born 1922-12-08 · died 1975-04-27, aged 52