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X-15

Human SpaceflightNASA · USAFConcluded1959–1968

13 flights
92.3%success rate12 of 13
1failurefull and partial
0upcomingwithout a definitive outcome

Counted from padside's own launch record, the same basis as the stats page.

Experimental hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft.

Flights

5 of 13

Full manifest

Record

First launchX-15 | Flight 62July 17, 1962

Rockets: North American X-15 (13)

Launch sites: Air launch to Suborbital flight (13)

Crew flown: 8 — Joe Engle, John B. McKay, Joseph A. Walker, Michael J. Adams, Robert A. Rushworth, Robert M. White, William H. Dana, William J. Knight

Events

No scheduled or recent events for this program.