X-15 Aircraft On A Boeing B-52 #2 is a photograph by Nasa which was uploaded on July 28th, 2016.
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X-15 Aircraft On A Boeing B-52 #2
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Nasa
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X-15 aircraft on a Boeing B-52. This is a flight of the first X-15 aircraft, carried beneath the wing of the NB-52 aircraft with US test pilot Bob White (1924-2010) at the controls. The X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft designed to investigate flight at hypersonic speeds. Three X-15s flew a total of 199 missions between 1959 and 1968. The X-15 was carried into the air by a converted B-52 bomber and released at high altitude. The pilot then ignited the X-15's rocket motor. It was the first plane to reach the edge of outer space and set records for the fastest manned aircraft (7,274 kilometres per hour, or Mach 6.72). Photographed on 11 August 1960.
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July 28th, 2016
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