Jun 8 1959

From The Space Library

Revision as of 23:25, 17 September 2009 by RobertG (Talk | contribs)
(diff) ←Older revision | Current revision (diff) | Newer revision→ (diff)
Jump to: navigation, search

X-15 (No. 1) research airplane made its first glide flight with A. Scott Crossfield as pilot, after being carried by the B-52 mother ship to an altitude of 38,000 feet.

Mail carried by missile as 3,000 letters were delivered by a Regulus from the submarine Barbero to NAS Mayport, Fla.

Retrieved from "http://www.thespacelibrary.com/mediawiki/index.php/Jun_8_1959"