Open User Keys Help in Second Window Jump to main content
GRIN - Great Images in NASA
Browse by Subject
Browse by Center
Search by Keywords
Frequent Questions
How to Use GRIN
Copyright Information
NASA InsigniaVisit NASA's home Site. 		Photo Banner of four images in GRIN.
Main Content
Joe Walker beside an X-15 Airplane Main Content
NASA Center: Headquarters
Image # : 60-x-45
Date : 06/03/1961

Title

Joe Walker beside an X-15 Airplane

Full Description

NASA test pilot Joe Walker beside an X-15 airplane, following 169,000-foot altitude flight on March 30, 1961. The X-15 flew 199 times from 1959 to 1968 and was an extremely successful aeronautics research program that laid the hypersonics basis for later spacecraft such as the Space Shuttle.

Keywords

Joe Walker X-15

Subject Category

X-Series Aircraft,

Reference Numbers

  • Center: HQ
  • Center Number: 60-x-45
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2002-000012

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: DIGITAL

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

ResolutionFormatWidth
(Pixels)		Height
(Pixels)		Size
(KBytes)
Thumbnail JPEG 60 84 8
Small JPEG 427 599 159
Medium JPEG 1001 1403 746
Large JPEG 1 2806 4,756

Jump to main content

Other relevant NASA Web sites:
• NASA Headquarters
• NASA History Office
• NASA Image eXchange (NIX)
• NASA Multimedia Gallery
• NASA Human Spaceflight

Updated October 31, 2002
• History Questions: NASA History Office
• Responsible NASA Official: Steve Garber
• Author: Michael Hahn.  Editor: Dwayne A. Day
• Curator & Technical Questions: Erin Needham
• NASA's Privacy Statement