X-15 | Flight 191
Launch Failure
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Nov. 15, 1967, 6:30 p.m.
Launch Window
Nov. 15, 1967, 6:30 p.m. - Nov. 15, 1967, 6:34 p.m.
Nov. 15, 1967, 6:30 p.m. - Nov. 15, 1967, 6:34 p.m.
X-15 Flight 3-65-97, also known as X-15 Flight 191 was a 1967 flight of the North American X-15. After reaching an altitude of 81.0 km, the aircraft entered a spin and broke apart mid air, killing pilot Michael J. Adams.
The North American X-15 was a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft.
Third X-15 experimental rocket plane. Destroyed during flight 191.
North American X-15 Details
Date of
Birth: May 5, 1930
Date of Death:
Nov. 15, 1967
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