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| X-15 Flight 47 (X-15A #1) (Flight 25) |
January 10, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Forrest Petersen (5th X-15 Flight) (US Navy X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 13.64 km Speed: 1,038 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 48 (X-15A #3) (Flight 2) |
January 17, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Neil Armstrong (4th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 40.69 km Speed: 6,058 kph |
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| Friendship 7 (SC-13) (Mercury-Atlas 6) |
February 20, 1962 (14:47 GMT) |
February 20, 1962 (19:43 GMT) |
Pilot: John Glenn (1st Flight) (NASA Group 1) |
USA | M | Perigee: 160 km Apogee: 261 km Inclination: 32.54° 3 orbits |
| Launch Vehicle Atlas D #109D |
Launch Pad 14 Cape Canaveral, Florida |
1,300 km SE of Bermuda Atlantic Ocean (21° 29' N, 68° 48' W) |
Backup: Scott Carpenter | USA | M | Time 4 hours 55 minutes |
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| X-15 Flight 49 (X-15A #3) (Flight 3) |
April 5, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Neil Armstrong (5th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 54.86 km Speed: 4,586 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 50 (X-15A #1) (Flight 26) |
April 19, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Joseph Walker (10th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 46.94 km Speed: 6,220 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 51 (X-15A #3) (Flight 4) |
April 20, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Neil Armstrong (6th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 63.25 km Speed: 6,097 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 52 (X-15A #1) (Flight 27) |
April 30, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Joseph Walker (11th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 75.19 km Speed: 5,614 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 53 (X-15A #2) (Flight 22) |
May 8, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert Rushworth (4th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 21.46 km Speed: 5,670 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 54 (X-15A #1) (Flight 28) |
May 22, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert Rushworth (5th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 30.6 km Speed: 5,551 kph |
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| Aurora 7 (SC-18) (Mercury-Atlas 7) |
May 24, 1962 (12:45 GMT) |
May 24, 1962 (17:41 GMT) |
Pilot: Scott Carpenter (1st Flight) (NASA Group 1) |
USA | M | Perigee: 160 km Apogee: 268 km Inclination: 32.5° 3 orbits |
| Launch Vehicle Atlas D #107D |
Launch Pad 14 Cape Canaveral, Florida |
200 km NE of Puerto Rico Atlantic Ocean (19° 29' N, 64° 5' W) |
Backup: Walter Schirra | USA | M | Time 4 hours 56 minutes |
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| X-15 Flight 55 (X-15A #2) (Flight 23) |
June 1, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert White (12th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 40.42 km Speed: 5,913 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 56 (X-15A #1) (Flight 29) |
June 7, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Joseph Walker (12th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 31.58 km Speed: 5,908 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 57 (X-15A #3) (Flight 5) |
June 12, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert White (13th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 56.27 km Speed: 5,659 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 58 (X-15A #3) (Flight 6) |
June 21, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert White (14th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 75.19 km Speed: 5,858 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 59 (X-15A #1) (Flight 30) |
June 27, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Joseph Walker (13th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 37.7 km Speed: 6,603 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 60 (X-15A #2) (Flight 24) |
June 29, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: John McKay (3rd X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 25.36 km Speed: 5,278 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 61 (X-15A #1) (Flight 31) |
July 16, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Joseph Walker (14th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 32.67 km Speed: 5,911 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 62 (X-15A #3) (Flight 7) |
July 17, 1962 (B-52 Drop - 17:30 GMT) (Landing - 17:41 GMT) X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert White (15th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) (1st Suborbital Flight - USAF Definition) |
USA | M | Altitude: 95.94 km Speed: 6,166 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 63 (X-15A #2) (Flight 25) |
July 19, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: John McKay (4th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 25.68 km Speed: 5,590 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 64 (X-15A #1) (Flight 32) |
July 26, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Neil Armstrong (7th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 30.15 km Speed: 6,418 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 65 (X-15A #3) (Flight 8) |
August 2, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Joseph Walker (15th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 44.04 km Speed: 5,532 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 66 (X-15A #2) (Flight 26) |
August 8, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert Rushworth (6th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 27.7 km Speed: 4,735 kph |
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| Vostok 3 (3KA #5) | August 11, 1962 (08:30 GMT) |
August 15, 1962 (06:52 GMT) |
Pilot: Andriyan Nikolayev (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 181 km Apogee: 235 km Inclination: 64.98° 64 orbits |
| Launch Vehicle Vostok-K |
Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
200 km SE of Karaganda (48° 2' N, 75° 45' E) |
1st Backup: Valeri Bykovsky | USSR | M | Time 94 hours 22 minutes |
| 2nd Backup: Boris Volynov | USSR | M | ||||
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| Vostok 4 (3KA #6) | August 12, 1962 (08:02 GMT) |
August 15, 1962 (06:59 GMT) |
Pilot: Pavel Popovich (1st Flight) (TsPK Detachment - Group 1) |
USSR | M | Perigee: 18- km Apogee: 237 km Inclination: 64.95° 48 orbits |
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Site-1 (Launch Pad 5) Baikonur Cosmodrome |
193 km SW of Karaganda (48° 9' N, 71° 51' E) |
1st Backup: Vladimir Komarov | USSR | M | Time 70 hours 56 minutes |
| 2nd Backup: Boris Volynov | USSR | M | ||||
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| X-15 Flight 67 (X-15A #3) (Flight 9) |
August 14, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Joseph Walker (16th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 59.01 km Speed: 6,029 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 68 (X-15A #2) (Flight 27) |
August 20, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert Rushworth (7th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 27 km Speed: 5,686 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 69 (X-15A #2) (Flight 28) |
August 29, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert Rushworth (8th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 29.63 km Speed: 5,546 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 70 (X-15A #2) (Flight 29) |
September 28, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: John McKay (5th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 20.79 km Speed: 4,450 kph |
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| Sigma 7 (SC-16) (Mercury-Atlas 8) |
October 3, 1962 (12:15 GMT) |
October 3, 1962 (21:28 GMT) |
Pilot: Walter Schirra (1st Flight) (NASA Group 1) |
USA | M | Perigee: 161 km Apogee: 282 km Inclination: 32.56° 6 orbits |
| Launch Vehicle Atlas D #113D |
Launch Pad 14 Cape Canaveral, Florida |
440 km NE of Midway Island - Pacific Ocean (32° 7' 30" N, 174° 45' W) |
Backup: Gordon Cooper | USA | M | Time 9 hours 13 minutes |
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| X-15 Flight 71 (X-15A #3) (Flight 10) |
October 4, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert Rushworth (9th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 34.2 km Speed: 5,620 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 72 (X-15A #2) (Flight 30) |
October 9, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: John McKay (6th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 39.7 km Speed: 5,979 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 73 (X-15A #3) (Flight 11) |
October 23, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert Rushworth (10th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 41 km Speed: 6,056 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 74 (X-15A #2) (Flight 31) |
November 9, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: John McKay (7th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 16.45 km Speed: 1,640 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 75 (X-15A #3) (Flight 12) |
December 14, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Robert White (16th X-15 Flight) (USAF X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 43.1 km Speed: 6,021 kph |
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| X-15 Flight 76 (X-15A #3) (Flight 13) |
December 20, 1962 X-15 Flight Range, Utah to California |
Pilot: Joseph Walker (17th X-15 Flight) (NASA X-15 Pilot) |
USA | M | Altitude: 48.9 km Speed: 6,103 kph |
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