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The X-15 Hit Mach 6.7 and Put Every Military on Earth On Notice

Key Points and Summary - In 1967, USAF Major "Pete" Knight set a world speed record that remains "unbroken" 68 years later. -Flying the X-15A-2 rocket plane (Flight 188), Knight reached an astonishing ...
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X-15 flight 90 accidentally pushed a pilot past the edge of space

The North American X-15 was built to flirt with the edge of space, not to cross it by accident. Yet on a research mission labeled Flight 90, a routine test profile slipped just far enough out of ...
The National Interest

The X-15 was a Starfighter in All But Name

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 ...
The Aviationist

Going Hypersonic: A Look at the Record-setting X-15

An important part of data collection for the United States space program, the North American X-15 had astonishing performance utilizing the technology of the 1950s and 60s. The North American X-15 was ...