X-15

Summary

X-15 is an aircraft model^[1]. X-15 ranks in the top 0.51% of aircraft_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,625 views/month, #12 of 2,369).^[2]

Key Facts

• X-15's instance of is recorded as aircraft model^[3].
• X-15's instance of is recorded as vehicle^[4].
• X-15 is operated by United States Air Force^[5].
• X-15 is operated by National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[6].
• X-15's manufacturer is recorded as North American Aviation^[7].
• X-15's developer is recorded as North American Aviation^[8].
• X-15 is a type of experimental aircraft^[9].
• X-15 is a type of sub-orbital spaceplane^[10].
• X-15's Commons category is recorded as North American X-15^[11].
• X-15's country of origin is recorded as United States^[12].
• X-15's first flight is recorded as June 8, 1959^[13].
• X-15's service entry is recorded as September 17, 1959^[14].
• X-15's service retirement is recorded as December 1968^[15].
• X-15's topic's main category is recorded as Category:North American X-15^[16].
• X-15's Commons gallery is recorded as North American X-15^[17].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as Michael James Adams^[18].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as Neil Armstrong^[19].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as Albert Scott Crossfield^[20].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as Bill Dana^[21].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as Joe Engle^[22].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as William John Knight^[23].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as John Barron McKay^[24].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as Forrest Silas Petersen^[25].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as Robert Aitken Rushworth^[26].
• X-15's crew members is recorded as Milton Orville Thompson^[27].

Why It Matters

X-15 ranks in the top 0.51% of aircraft_model entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,625 views/month, #12 of 2,369).^[2] X-15 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] X-15 is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]