X-15 Flight 91
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X-15 Flight 91 was an August 22, 1963 American crewed sub-orbital spaceflight, and the second and final flight in the program to fly above the Kármán line, which was previously achieved during Flight
Joe Walker
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Joseph A. Walker
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Joseph Albert Walker was an American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut who was the first person to fly an airplane to space. He was one of twelve pilots who fl
X-15 Flight 91
…second and final flight in the program to fly above the Kármán line, which was previously achieved during Flight 90 a month earlier by the same pilot, Joseph A. Walker. It was the highest flight of the X-15 program. Flight 91 was the first internationally recognized spaceflight of a reused spacecraft, as Walker had…
Walker in 1955
Walker (L) with his fellow test pilots Butchart (C) and Jones (R), 1952
Joe Walker and the X-1A
Walker in his pressure suit with the X-1E