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The Mach 6.7 X-15 ‘Hypersonic Rocket Plane’ Has a Message for the U.S. Air Force

The X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft that pushed human flight to the edge of space and deep into the hypersonic ...
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From X-15 to The Moon: Edge of Space Short Film

The X-15 is a legendary and pivotal part of aviation history. Designed to fly high and fast, it tested the limits of ...
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Astronaut Joe Engle, Last Surviving X-15 Pilot, Dies at 91

Over his distinguished career, Engle flew over 185 different aircraft, including NASA space shuttles HUM Images/Universal Images Group/Getty Joe Engle, who had the distinction of being the only ...
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New X-15 display at Pima Air & Space Museum celebrates NASA's 'first spaceships'

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Right now, visitors at the Pima Air & Space Museum can get up close and personal with a museum display unlike any other in the country. A copy of a hyper-sonic machine is now ...
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Audiotapes, X-15 Cockpit Tapes, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, (NASA) X-15 Flight, Speed Run

A. Scott Crossfield Papers, Accession number 2006-0041, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. A. Scott Crossfield Papers, Acc. 2006-0041, National ...
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration X-15 Transparency Collection

Click to open image viewer. [NASM2006-12828] 70mm glass-mounted slides from the collection North American X-15 Glass-Mounted Color Transparencies (NASA), NASM.2006.0050. Photo by Mark Avino. CC0 Usage ...