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Going Hypersonic: A Look at the Record-setting X-15
An important part of data collection for the United States space program, the North American X-15 had astonishing performance ...
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Inside the record X-15 that took hypersonic to new heights
The North American X-15 did more than set records; it quietly redrew the map of what a piloted aircraft could survive at the ...
Summary and Key Points: Before NASA led U.S. space exploration, there was debate over whether the U.S. Air Force or the newly formed NASA should shuttle astronauts to space and in what type of craft. ...
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X-15: The rocket plane that quietly reached space
The X-15 program pushed human flight into hypersonic speeds and the edge of space long before the Space Shuttle, with pilots ...
On Aug. 22, 1963, U.S. Air Force Captain Joe Walker flew an X-15 space plane higher than any pilot had ever flown before. Walker reached an altitude of over 67 miles (108 kilometers). That's about 5 ...
On July 17, 1962, the American test pilot Bob White broke the world record for the highest altitude flight. He took off from Edwards Air Force Base in a rocket-powered X-15 aircraft and made it to an ...
The X-15 was a key bridge between conventional atmospheric flight and spaceflight. The North American X-15 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever created in the history of aviation and space ...
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