Joseph A. Walker
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 58 years ago |
Date of birth | February 20,1921 |
Zodiac sign | Pisces |
Born | Washington |
Pennsylvania | |
United States | |
Date of died | June 8,1966 |
Died | Barstow |
California | |
United States | |
Spouse | Grace A. McClary |
Children | Thomas Daniel Walker |
Joseph Brian Walker | |
Elizabeth Ann Walker | |
James Paul Walker | |
Job | Astronaut |
Physicist | |
Education | Trinity High School |
Washington & Jefferson College | |
Space missions | X-15 Flight 91, X-15 Flight 90 |
X-15 Flight 91 | |
X-15 Flight 90 | |
Space time | 0d 0h 22m |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 507442 |
Joseph A. Walker Life story
Joseph Albert Walker was an American World War II pilot, experimental physicist, NASA test pilot, and astronaut who was the first person to fly an airplane to space. He was one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA.