Forrest Silas Peterson
Born: 16 May 1922, Holdrege, Nebraska, United States
Nationality: American
Died: 8 December 1990 (Natural causes)
Group: X-15 Pilots 2 (October 1958)
Status: Deceased
| Non-Qualifying Flights with Significance: | ||
| X-15 Flight #22 | 23 September 1960 | 7 minutes, 40 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #23 | 20 October 1960 | 9 minutes, 26 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #39 | 10 August 1961 | 9 minutes, 24 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #41 | 28 September 1961 | 8 minutes, 42 seconds |
| X-15 Flight #47 | 10 January 1962 | 3 minutes, 46 seconds |
Education
BS (Electrical Engineering), United States Naval Academy, 1944
BS (Aeronautical Engineering), US Naval Postgraduate School, 1952
MS (Aeronautical Engineering), Princeton University, 1953
Peterson was the only U.S. Navy pilot to fly the X-15. He never exceeded 80,000 meters in altitude and therefore never earned astronaut wings.
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