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 ...

While the Blackbird SR-71 was the fastest manned airplane ever made, the fastest manned aircraft is the North American X-15, a rocket plane that flew for the first time on June 8, 1959, launched from ...

Key Points and Summary - The X-15 was a rocket-powered research aircraft that pushed human flight to the edge of space and deep into the hypersonic regime. -Air-launched from a B-52, three X-15s flew ...

There is much more in Neil Armstrong’s flight, the longest X-15 flight in the entire research program, than a movie can show. If you haven’t done it already, I would suggest you to reserve a few hours ...

The X-15s set an absolute speed record of Mach 6.7 and an absolute altitude record of 354,000 feet which qualified several of its program pilots for astronaut wings. Fortunately the ejection system ...

Bold, black and blazing fast: The North American X-15 was a plane unlike any other. And although it first flew over 60 years ago, it is still the quickest manned aircraft ever to fly. Shaped more like ...