Jun 29 1962
From The Space Library
X-15 No. 2 was flown by NASA pilot John B. McKay in a relatively low-level flight to obtain information on aerodynamic heating. Maximum speed was 3,204 mph (mach 4.85) at 73,000 ft.; maximum altitude was 82,000 ft.
First USAF Minuteman ICBM launched by military crew from Cape Canaveral, successfully reaching intended target area downrange.
Navy fired a Polaris missile from AMR and sent it 1,400 miles downrange. The missile featured a new nose cone in shape and substances of construction as well as parts that would be used in more advanced models.
Two Aerobee 150A sounding rockets with Johns Hopkins spectrophotometric instrumentation for measurement of day and night airglow successfully launched from NASA Wallops Station, reaching 129- and 131-mile altitudes.
USAF awarded a contract for two high-speed X-19 VTOL aircraft which would be used to explore won characteristics on behalf of the triservice V/STOL Transport Development Program. The X-19 is a twin-engine, tandem, high-wing aircraft with four tilting propellers mounted in nacelles at the wingtips, and is designed to cover a range of speed from 0 (hovering) to 400 knots in conventional flight.
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