Program archive

Suborbital Human Spaceflight

Suborbital Human Spaceflight is explored here through 13 archived missions, from X-15 Flight 62 through X-15 Flight 197, with the program’s spacecraft, people, milestones, and source-backed history connected along the way.

Missions: 13
People: 8
Vehicles: 1

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Suborbital Human Spaceflight timeline

13 flights. One complete program record.

Follow every archived flight from the earliest development test through the program’s latest flown mission, with its defining milestones and mission hardware connected along the way.

Every Suborbital Human Spaceflight program record

All 13 flown and non-flight archive records arranged chronologically.

Launch corridor

13 flights and tests compressed into 1 expandable arc.

Arc 01Ignition1962–1968 · 13 records

Flight arc 01IgnitionX-15 Flight 62 → X-15 Flight 1971962–1968 · 13 records1962–1968
13 records