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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Michael J. Adams</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg/220px-Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg/330px-Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg/440px-Michael_J_Adams_X-15.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="2365" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Adams in 1967 standing next to a <a href="/wiki/X-15" class="mw-redirect" title="X-15">X-15</a> plane</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Michael James Adams</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1930-05-05</span>)</span>May 5, 1930<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 15, 1967<span style="display:none">(1967-11-15)</span> (aged 37)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace">Near <a href="/wiki/Johannesburg,_California" title="Johannesburg, California">Johannesburg, California</a>, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label">Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sacramento_City_College" title="Sacramento City College">Sacramento City College</a><br /><a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a>, B.S. 1958</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="/wiki/Fighter_pilot" title="Fighter pilot">Fighter pilot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Test_pilot" title="Test pilot">test pilot</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><b>Space career</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header role"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a> <a href="/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronaut</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data title"><a href="/wiki/Major_(rank)" title="Major (rank)">Major</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Selection</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_astronauts_by_year_of_selection#1965" title="List of astronauts by year of selection">1965 USAF MOL Group 1</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Missions</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/X-15_Flight_3-65-97" title="X-15 Flight 3-65-97">X-15 Flight 191</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Michael James Adams</b> (May 5, 1930 – November 15, 1967) (<a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Maj</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">USAF</a>) was an American <a href="/wiki/Pilot_(aeronautics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilot (aeronautics)">aviator</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_engineering" title="Aerospace engineering">aeronautical engineer</a>, and USAF <a href="/wiki/Astronaut" title="Astronaut">astronaut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Evans2013_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Evans2013-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was one of twelve pilots who flew the <a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">North American X-15</a>, an experimental <a href="/wiki/Spaceplane" title="Spaceplane">spaceplane</a> jointly operated by the Air Force and <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>. </p><p>On November 15, 1967, Adams flew <a href="/wiki/X-15_Flight_191" class="mw-redirect" title="X-15 Flight 191">X-15 Flight 191</a> (also known as X-15 Flight 3-65-97) aboard the X-15-3, one of three planes in the X-15 fleet. Flying to an altitude above 50 miles, Adams qualified as an astronaut according to <a href="/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line#Alternatives_to_the_FAI_definition" title="Kármán line">the United States definition</a> of the boundary of space. Moments later the craft broke apart, killing Adams and destroying the X-15-3. He was the first American <a href="/wiki/List_of_spaceflight-related_accidents_and_incidents#Astronaut_fatalities" title="List of spaceflight-related accidents and incidents">space mission fatality</a> by the American convention. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_J._Adams&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life_and_military_experience">Early life and military experience</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_J._Adams&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life and military experience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adams was born May 5, 1930, in <a href="/wiki/Sacramento,_California" title="Sacramento, California">Sacramento, California</a>. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Sacramento_Junior_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Sacramento Junior College">Sacramento Junior College</a>. He enlisted in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> in 1950, and earned his <a href="/wiki/United_States_Aviator_Badge" title="United States Aviator Badge">pilot wings</a> and commission in 1952 at <a href="/wiki/Webb_Air_Force_Base" title="Webb Air Force Base">Webb Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. He served as a <a href="/wiki/Fighter-bomber" title="Fighter-bomber">fighter-bomber</a> pilot during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>, where he flew 49 <a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">combat missions</a>. This was followed by 30 months with the <a href="/wiki/613th_Tactical_Fighter_Squadron" title="613th Tactical Fighter Squadron">613th Fighter-Bomber Squadron</a> at <a href="/wiki/England_Air_Force_Base" title="England Air Force Base">England Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, and six months rotational duty at <a href="/wiki/Quartier_G%C3%A9n%C3%A9ral_d%27Aboville" title="Quartier Général d'Aboville">Chaumont Air Base</a> in France.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Education_and_flight_experience">Education and flight experience</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_J._Adams&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Education and flight experience"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1958, Adams received a <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science" title="Bachelor of Science">Bachelor of Science</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_engineering" title="Aerospace engineering">Aeronautical Engineering</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oklahoma" title="University of Oklahoma">University of Oklahoma</a> and, after 18 months of <a href="/wiki/Astronautics" title="Astronautics">astronautics</a> study at <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>, was selected in 1962 for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Air_Force_Test_Pilot_School" title="U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School">U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School</a> at <a href="/wiki/Edwards_Air_Force_Base" title="Edwards Air Force Base">Edwards Air Force Base</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>. Here, he won the A.B. Honts Trophy as the best scholar and pilot in his class. Adams subsequently attended the <a href="/wiki/Aerospace_Research_Pilot_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Aerospace Research Pilot School">Aerospace Research Pilot School</a> (ARPS), graduating with honors in December 1963. He was one of four Edwards aerospace research pilots to participate in a five-month series of <a href="/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a> <a href="/wiki/Moon_landing" title="Moon landing">Moon landing</a> practice tests at the <a href="/wiki/Glenn_L._Martin_Company" title="Glenn L. Martin Company">Martin Company</a> in <a href="/wiki/Baltimore,_Maryland" class="mw-redirect" title="Baltimore, Maryland">Baltimore, Maryland</a>. In November 1965, he was selected to be an astronaut in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Manned_Orbiting_Laboratory" title="Manned Orbiting Laboratory">Manned Orbiting Laboratory</a> program. In July 1966, <a href="/wiki/Major_(United_States)" title="Major (United States)">Major</a> Adams came to the <a href="/wiki/North_American_X-15" title="North American X-15">North American X-15</a> program, a joint USAF/NASA project. He made his first X-15 flight on October 6, 1966.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_J._Adams&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Adams_X-15_crash_site.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Michael_Adams_X-15_crash_site.jpg/220px-Michael_Adams_X-15_crash_site.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="153" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Michael_Adams_X-15_crash_site.jpg/330px-Michael_Adams_X-15_crash_site.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Michael_Adams_X-15_crash_site.jpg/440px-Michael_Adams_X-15_crash_site.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="347" /></a><figcaption>Firefighters survey the wreckage of Adams's X-15</figcaption></figure> <p>Adams's seventh X-15 flight, <a href="/wiki/X-15_Flight_3-65-97" title="X-15 Flight 3-65-97">Flight 3-65-97</a>, took place on November 15, 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson2013_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson2013-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JenkinsDana2010_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JenkinsDana2010-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reached a peak altitude of 266,000 feet (81 km); the nose of the aircraft was off heading by 15 degrees to the right. While descending, at 230,000 feet (70 km) the aircraft encountered rapidly increasing <a href="/wiki/Max_Q" class="mw-redirect" title="Max Q">aerodynamic pressure</a> which impinged on the airframe, causing the X-15 to enter a violent <a href="/wiki/Mach_number" title="Mach number">Mach 5</a> spin. As the X-15 neared 65,000 feet (20 km), it was diving at Mach 3.93 and experiencing more than 15 <i><a href="/wiki/G-force" title="G-force">g</a></i> vertically (positive and negative), and 8 g laterally, which inevitably exceeded the design limits of the aircraft. The aircraft broke up 10 minutes and 35 seconds after launch, killing Adams. The United States Air Force posthumously awarded him <a href="/wiki/Astronaut_badge#U.S._Air_Force_astronauts" class="mw-redirect" title="Astronaut badge">Astronaut Wings</a> for his last flight.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (October 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>An excerpt from NASA's biography page on Mike Adams discusses findings from the crash investigation: </p> <dl><dd>Ground parties scoured the countryside looking for wreckage; critical to the investigation was the film from the cockpit camera. The weekend after the accident, an unofficial FRC (Fleet Readiness Centers) search party found the camera; disappointingly, the film cartridge was nowhere in sight. Engineers theorized that the film cassette, being lighter than the camera, might be further away, blown north by winds at altitude. FRC (Fleet Readiness Centers) engineer Victor Horton organized a search and on 29 November, during the first pass over the area, Willard E. Dives found the cassette. Most puzzling was Adams's complete lack of awareness of major heading deviations in spite of accurately functioning cockpit instrumentation. The accident board concluded that he had allowed the aircraft to deviate as the result of a combination of distraction, misinterpretation of his instrumentation display, and possible vertigo. The electrical disturbance early in the flight degraded the overall effectiveness of the aircraft's control system and further added to pilot workload. The MH-96 adaptive control system then caused the airplane to break up during reentry.<sup id="cite_ref-NASA_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NASA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p>His remains were buried at the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, <a href="/wiki/Monroe,_Louisiana" title="Monroe, Louisiana">Monroe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ouachita_Parish" class="mw-redirect" title="Ouachita Parish">Ouachita Parish</a>, Louisiana. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_J._Adams&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During his military career he was awarded: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Astronaut_badge#U.S._Air_Force_astronauts" class="mw-redirect" title="Astronaut badge">Astronaut Wings</a>, posthumously</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Medal" title="Air Medal">Air Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Commendation_Medal#Air_Force" title="Commendation Medal">Air Force Commendation Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Service_Medal" title="Korean Service Medal">Korean Service Medal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Korea_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Korea Medal">United Nations Service Medal for Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Defense_Service_Medal" title="National Defense Service Medal">National Defense Service Medal</a> with 1 <a href="/wiki/Service_star" title="Service star">Bronze Service Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Force_Longevity_Service_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="Air Force Longevity Service Award">Air Force Longevity Service Award</a> with 4 <a href="/wiki/Oak_leaf_cluster" title="Oak leaf cluster">clusters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Conduct_Medal_(United_States)" title="Good Conduct Medal (United States)">Air Force Good Conduct Medal</a></li> <li>A.B. Honts Trophy<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Memorials">Memorials</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_J._Adams&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Memorials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1991, Adams's name was added to the <a href="/wiki/Space_Mirror_Memorial" title="Space Mirror Memorial">Space Mirror Memorial</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Space_Center" title="Kennedy Space Center">Kennedy Space Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Florida" title="Florida">Florida</a>. </p><p>On June 8, 2004, a memorial monument to Adams was erected near the crash site, northwest of <a href="/wiki/Randsburg,_California" title="Randsburg, California">Randsburg, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michael_J._Adams&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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