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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

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Experimental Spaceplanes crews

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X-15 Flight 62July 17, 1962

Portrait of Robert Michael White

Robert Michael WhitePilot1 career flight

X-15 Flight 77January 17, 1963

Portrait of Joseph Albert Walker

Joseph Albert WalkerPilot2 career flights

X-15 Flight 87June 27, 1963

Portrait of Robert Aitken Rushworth

Robert Aitken RushworthPilot1 career flight

X-15 Flight 90July 19, 1963

Portrait of Joseph Albert Walker

Joseph Albert WalkerPilot2 career flights

X-15 Flight 91August 22, 1963

Portrait of Joseph Albert Walker

Joseph Albert WalkerPilot2 career flights

X-15 Flight 138June 29, 1965

Portrait of Joe H. Engle

Joe H. EnglePilot6 career flights

X-15 Flight 143August 10, 1965

Portrait of Joe H. Engle

Joe H. EnglePilot6 career flights

X-15 Flight 150September 28, 1965

Portrait of John Barron McKay

John Barron McKayPilot1 career flight

X-15 Flight 153October 14, 1965

Portrait of Joe H. Engle

Joe H. EnglePilot6 career flights

X-15 Flight 174November 1, 1966

Portrait of Bill Dana

Bill DanaPilot2 career flights

X-15 Flight 190October 17, 1967

Portrait of William John "Pete" Knight

William John "Pete" KnightPilot1 career flight

X-15 Flight 191November 15, 1967

Portrait of Michael James Adams

Michael James AdamsPilot1 career flight

X-15 Flight 197August 21, 1968

Portrait of Bill Dana

Bill DanaPilot2 career flights

Buran OK-GLI Atmospheric Flight-Test ProgramFirst flight November 10, 1985

Portrait of Igor Petrovich Volk

Igor Petrovich VolkLead Test Pilot1 career flight

Rimantas Antanas StankevičiusProfile data being added.

Portrait of Anatolii Levchenko

Anatolii LevchenkoTest Pilot1 career flight Aleksandr Vladimirovich ShchukinTest Pilot0 career flights Ivan Ivanovich BachurinTest Pilot0 career flights Aleksey BorodayTest Pilot0 career flights