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Joseph A. Walker

American - (NASA)

Deceased

Date of Birth: Feb. 20, 1921
Date of Death: June 8, 1966


Joseph Albert Walker was an American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.

X-15 | Flight 77

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Status: Success
Mission:

Flight 77 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force in 1963. Piloted by Joseph A. Walker it reached an altitude of 82.7 km.

Suborbital
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X-15 | Flight 90

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Status: Success
Mission:

Flight 90 of the North American X-15 was a test flight conducted by NASA and the US Air Force in 1963. It was the first of two X-15 missions that passed the 100-km high Kármán line.

Suborbital
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X-15 | Flight 91

North American Aviation | United States of America
Air launch to Suborbital flight
Status: Success
Mission:

X-15 Flight 91 was a 1963 American crewed mission, and the second and final flight in the program to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight—a flight over 100 km in altitude. It was the highest flight of the X-15 program.

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Administrator: Jared Isaacman

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research. NASA have many launch facilities but most are inactive. The most commonly used pad will be LC-39B at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.


Falcon 9
Success
7 hours, 12 minutes ago
Starlink Group 17-50
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

A batch of 24 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.


Zhuque-3
Success
11 hours, 38 minutes ago
Honghu-03
Launch Area 96B - Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Note: Second test launch of LandSpace’s ZQ-3 rocket and first ever successful orbital launch vehicle booster recovery by a Chinese private launch ser…


Long March 2C
Success
2 days, 8 hours ago
Satellite for Earth Observation (SEO)
Launch Complex 9 - Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

Satellite for Earth Observation (SEO) is an Earth observation satellite project of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the National Space Science and T…


Long March 12
Success
3 days, 7 hours ago
SatNet LEO Group 24
Commercial LC-2 - Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China

A batch of 9 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group.…


Falcon 9
Success
3 days, 9 hours ago
USSF-366
Space Launch Complex 4E - Vandenberg SFB, CA, USA

USSF-366 is a classified mission for the United States Space Force. It is possibly a batch of classified LEO satellites for a US government entity ba…