The X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft that pushed human flight to the edge of space and deep into the hypersonic ...

Key Points and Summary - Decades before the rumored SR-72 "Darkstar," America had already conquered hypersonic flight with the X-15 rocket plane. -In 1967, this remarkable experimental aircraft, ...

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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 ...

Last month marked the 65th anniversary of the arrival of the X-15 hypersonic spaceplane, which was developed as a joint project among NASA, the United States Air Force, and U.S. Navy. On October 15, ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Raun Robinson (died 1975) was an engineer with North American Aviation who worked on numerous aircraft, including the North American X-15. This ...

Our June 29, 1959, cover showed a North American X-15 "rocker research aircraft" being dropped from a Boeing B-52 on its first free-flight test two weeks earlier near Edwards AFB, California. The X-15 ...

Joe Engle’s Remarkable Career Bridged Gap Between Air and Space, Broke Records. Astronaut, X-15 test pilot and space shuttle pilot Joe Engle has died at home in Houston, Texas. He was 91. Engle passed ...

Engle is recorded as the sixth person to fly a suborbital flight and 104th to enter orbit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Joe ...