When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On June 23, 1949, the XS-1 space plane flew for the 117th time. The XS-1, later called the ...

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Lee Billings is a science journalist specializing in astronomy, physics, planetary science, and spaceflight, and is a senior editor at Scientific American. He is the author of a critically ...