Launch, orbit & landing data:
| Launch vehicle | X-15-1 Flight Nº: 61 |
| Launch date - time | 14 Oct 1965 - 20:46:32 UTC (from B-52) |
| Launch site | Delamar Dry Lake |
| Airplane carier | B-52 |
| X-15 ID | 1-61-101 |
| Mass (kg) | kg |
| Mission | Crewed suborbital test flight |
| Pilot | Joe Engle |
| Suborbital flight: | |
| High Apogee | 81.228 km |
| Max Speed | 5.718 km/h |
| Landing date - time | 14 Oct 1965 - 20:56 UTC |
| Landing location | |
| Flight duration | 9m 18s |
Engle before X-15. Photo credit: NASA