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The X-15 was a Starfighter in All But Name
The X-15 was a key bridge between conventional atmospheric flight and spaceflight. The North American X-15 is one of the most ...
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From X-15 to The Moon: Edge of Space Short Film
It made the first manned flights to the edges of space and became the world's first piloted aircraft to reach hypersonic ...
At the height of the Cold War during the 1960s the U.S. Air Force and NASA tested an experimental rocket-powered research aircraft code-named X-15.The X-15 experiments were conducted at Edwards ...