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Experimental Spaceplanes
Experimental Spaceplanes is explored here through 16 archived missions, from X-15 Flight 62 through Buran 1K1, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.
- Missions
- 16
- People
- 14
- Vehicles
- 4
Explore this program
Choose a path through the Experimental Spaceplanes archive.
Explore the Experimental Spaceplanes program
Follow 16 archived missions, their crews, vehicles, milestones, and source-backed records in one program collection.
Program details1962–198816 mission records
Flight record15 flights14 crewed · 1 uncrewed · 1 non-flight record
First flown missionX-15 Flight 62July 17, 1962
Latest flown missionBuran 1K1November 15, 1988
Program story
This collection brings together the mission records currently available for Experimental Spaceplanes. Use the sections above to move from the chronological flight record to crew assignments, vehicles, timeline milestones, and archival imagery.