Flight record
first and only flightFirst and only flight year 1963.
1Flight
10mTime in space
Not recordedEVA time
0Spacewalks
Flights count launches with a definitive outcome — the same basis as the Stats page.
Biography
Robert Aitken "Bob" Rushworth was an American United States Air Force major general, World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War pilot, mechanical and aeronautical engineer, test pilot and astronaut. He flew the X-15 experimental spaceplane to over 50 miles in altitude on Flight 87.
Biography from Launch Library 2.
Flights
- X-15 | Flight 87June 27, 1963
Born 1924-10-09 · died 1993-03-18