# @airandspacemuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DWaJHaljOAW
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/62238018-airandspacemuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e8cf07bf17.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-03-28T00:45:21.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Air and Space Museum (@airandspacemuseum) — https://gondola.cc/airandspacemuseum

## Caption

Test pilot Joe Walker flew the Museum's North American X-15 (56-6670) on his first free flight in the X-15, on this week in 1960. He would go on to pilot the X-15 two dozen times, including two flights over the Kármán line. #AirSpacePhoto

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