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Forum:	Early Space
Topic:	X-15 rocket plane and Mercury astronauts (1959)

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by LM-12: [B]Joe Walker flew his first astronaut qualification flight in the X-15 about four months before the MA-9 mission with Gordon Cooper. [/B][/QUOTE]
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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="600"><TR><td bgcolor="#000000"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#660000"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD>The Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington shared this photo <A HREF="https://twitter.com/museumofflight/status/901203555712811008" TARGET=_blank>on Twitter</A> of the Mercury astronauts (minus Deke Slayton) with Joe Walker and the X-15 aircraft.The astronauts were visiting the Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in 1959. I am not sure if the photo was taken before or after the first X-15 flight on June 8, 1959.<center><a href="http://www.collectspace.com/review/x15rocketplane_mercuryastronauts01-lg.jpg" target="AirLock"><img src="http://www.collectspace.com/review/x15rocketplane_mercuryastronauts01.jpg" width="400" height="270" border="0"></a></center></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD>Joe Walker flew his first astronaut qualification flight in the X-15 about four months before the MA-9 mission with Gordon Cooper.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Jonnyed</TD><TD>Fantastic photo. Thanks for sharing.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD>Walker seems to have their full attention.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>Philip</TD><TD>Two years later most test pilots and astronauts were issued an Accutron wristwatch.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD>Seven of the eight astronauts who had flown in space by the end of the Mercury program are seen in the photo.Robert White (not shown) flew the first astronaut qualification flight in an X-15 on July 17, 1962. That occurred between the MA-7 and MA-8 missions. </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>heng44</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by LM-12: I am not sure if the photo was taken before or after the first X-15 flight on June 8, 1959.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> I have this photo dated September 14, 1959.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD>Thanks, Ed. So that would be a few days before the second X-15 flight.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD>Neil Armstrong was assigned to the X-15 program at the time.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#333333"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD> <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by heng44: I have this photo dated September 14, 1959.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Coincidentally, the Mercury 7 astronauts appeared on the cover of the September 14, 1959 issue of LIFE magazine.</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#494949"><TD valign=top>LM-12</TD><TD>Astronaut Ed White can be seen sitting in X-15 #3 in the hangar starting at 2:35 <A HREF="https://catalog.archives.gov/id/70172972" TARGET=_blank>into this film</A>. Interesting. The man he is talking to looks like Bill Dana.</TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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