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X-15 drop from the B-52

Above and Beyond: An Extra Two Seconds

May 2010 | By Robert M. White as told to Al Hallonquist

The X-15: A different kind of high.

Who holds the altitude record for an airplane?

Depends on the category—and on who was watching.
May 29, 2009 | By Rebecca Maksel

The three X-15s shared a hangar with lifting bodies (first three on left) at Edwards Air Force Base during the golden age of flight research.

The Real X-Men

Life came at you fast when you flew the X-15.
November 2007 | By Peter Garrison

Make Your Own X-15

Download and build your own paper model.
November 01, 2007 | By airspacemag.com

The X-15 that hangs in the Smithsonian Institution

X-15 Walkaround

A short guide to the fastest airplane ever.
November 2007 | By Linda Shiner

Inconel X, a ferociously strong nickel alloy, gives the X-15 its gun-metal black color. Inconel was chosen for the airplane

Why We Miss the X-15

Not only was it the fastest. It may have been the best flight research program ever.
November 01, 2007 | By Linda Shiner

X-15: The Hollywood Version

Charles Bronson starred. The Pentagon had a few minor corrections.
August 2007 | By airspacemag.com

Mother

The B-52 that launched a thousand ships.
July 2001 | By Preston Lerner

David G. Simons prior to the second Manhigh flight in August 1957.

First Up?

Even before NASA was created, civilian and military labs were in search of spacemen.
September 2000 | By Tony Reichhardt


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