Joseph Albert Walker
Born: 20 February 1921, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality: American
Died: 8 June 1966 (Aircraft accident)
Group: Man In Space Soonest (25 June 1958)
Group2: X-15 Pilots 1 ( 1957)
Status: Deceased
1
17 January 1963
9 minutes, 44 seconds
1
19 July 1963
11 minutes, 25 seconds
2
22 August 1963
11 minutes, 9 seconds
Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance:
25 March 1960
9 minutes, 8 seconds
19 April 1960
9 minutes, 59 seconds
25 May 1960
10 minutes, 10 seconds
4 August 1960
10 minutes, 23 seconds
19 August 1960
9 minutes, 42 seconds
30 March 1961
10 minutes, 16 seconds
25 May 1961
12 minutes, 8 seconds
12 September 1961
8 minutes, 44 seconds
17 October 1961
10 minutes, 12 seconds
20 April 1962
8 minutes, 59 seconds
30 April 1962
9 minutes, 46 seconds
7 June 1962
8 minutes, 24 seconds
27 June 1962
9 minutes, 32 seconds
16 July 1962
9 minutes, 38 seconds
2 August 1962
9 minutes, 14 seconds
14 August 1962
9 minutes, 5 seconds
20 December 1962
8 minutes, 54 seconds
18 April 1963
7 minutes, 13 seconds
2 May 1963
9 minutes, 17 seconds
29 May 1963
11 minutes, 48 seconds
25 June 1963
9 minutes, 59 seconds
9 July 1963
8 minutes, 58 seconds
Education
Walker piloted 25 of the 199 X-15 flights. He was killed when his F-104 chase plane collided with an XB-70 bomber. Walker was the only X-15 pilot to achieve FAI definition astronaut status in the X-15. (Joe Engle achieved this status in the space shuttle, not the X-15).
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