Michael J Adams X-15 2.jpg

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Michael James "Mike" Adams, Major Air Force pilot, stands in front of X-15#1, on Rogers Dry Lake on Edwards Air Force Base in California, after a flight. Adams died when the rocket plane disintegrated following reentry and crashed.

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Taken on 22 March 1967

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Image title	Air Force pilot Mike Adams poses in front of X-15-#1 after flight on Rogers Dry Lake at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Author	NASA
Copyright holder	NASA
Date and time of data generation	00:00, 22 March 1967
Headline	Air Force pilot Mike Adam poses with X-15 flown with NASA
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Usage terms	For copyright and restrictions refer to - http://www.nasa.gov/audience/formedia/features/MP_Photo_Guidelines.html
City shown	Edwards
Orientation	Normal
Horizontal resolution	300 dpi
Vertical resolution	300 dpi
Software used	Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 (Macintosh)
File change date and time	15:36, 6 February 2019
Exif version	2.21
Date and time of digitising	10:08, 7 October 2010
Colour space	Uncalibrated
Date metadata was last modified	08:50, 6 February 2019
Rating (out of 5)	0
Unique ID of original document	adobe:docid:photoshop:0b977364-d38d-11df-8745-b4bb6de5550a
Writer	carla thomas
Special instructions	Disposition=Permanent
Original transmission location code	E67-1652
Copyright status	Copyright status not set
Keywords	AFRC Armstrong Flight Research Center X-15 X-15 program Joint USAF/NASA X-15 program X-15 pilot X-15 pilot death Posthumously awarded astronaut wings Edwards Air Force Base Experimental Test Pilot Schoo. California Rogers Dry Lake Rocket plane Disintegrated vertigo Astronauts Memorial Kennedy Space Center
Province or state shown	CA
Country shown	USA
Sublocation of city shown	AFRC
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