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X-15 Flight 188
Rocket-powered aircraft flight in 1967 operated by the US Air Force and NASA / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The North American X-15's Flight 188 on October 3, 1967, was a record-setting flight. William J. Knight took the X-15A-2 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft to 102,100 feet (31,100 meters) over Mud Lake, Nevada when Flight 188 reached a record-setting top speed of 4,520 mph (7,270 km/h), Mach 6.70.[1]
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![]() North American X-15A-2 with external tanks, before heat shield paint | |
Mission type | Test flight, Record speed test |
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Operator | USAF/NASA |
Range | 342.79 km (213 miles) |
Apogee | 58.4 kilometers (36.3 mi) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | X-15-A2 |
Manufacturer | North American |
Crew | |
Crew size | 1 |
Members | William J. Knight |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | October 3, 1967 (1967-10-03Z) UTC |
End of mission | |
Landing date | October 3, 1967 (1967-10-04Z) UTC |
Landing site | Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards |
![]() William J. Knight with an X-15 |
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