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Adams, Michael James 'Mike'
Adams
Adams
Credit: www.spacefacts.de
American test pilot astronaut 1965-1966. Died in crash of X-15 Flight 191 when spacecraft went out of control during reentry.

Status: Deceased; Active 1965-1966. Born: 1930-05-05. Died: 1967-11-15. Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 0.0034 days. Birth Place: Sacramento, California.

Born in Sacramento, California; married with three children. Joined USAF in November 1952 and flew 49 missions in the Korean War. Graduated with BS in aeronautical engineering from Oklahoma University in 1958 and then completed USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School . Tested LLRV lunar module trainer in 1964. Selected as MOL astronaut, but left MOL program for X-15, taking Joe Engle's place when he was selected as NASA astronaut in 1966. Died in X-15 crash when spacecraft went out of control during reentry. Erroneous computer data and failure of dampers caused the X-15 to re-enter the atmosphere 180 degrees out of phase. Major Adams chose to remain with the aircraft in an attempt to recover it.


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Family: Astronaut. Country: USA. Flights: X-15 Flight 191. Agency: USAF. Bibliography: 5087.

1930 May 5 - .
1965 November 12 - .
1967 November 15 - . Launch Site: Edwards.

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