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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 ...
On October 3, 1967, the X-15A-2 set a world airspeed record of Mach 6.72. The aircraft is now at the National Museum USAF.
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 ...
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 ...
A. Scott Crossfield Papers, Accession number 2006-0041, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution. A. Scott Crossfield Papers, Acc. 2006-0041, National ...