X-15 Aircraft Replica Installation
by Nasa
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X-15 Aircraft Replica Installation
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Nasa
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
X-15 aircraft replica installation. Snow-covered replica (installed 1995) of the third X-15 that crashed on 15 November 1967, killing the pilot Mike Adams. 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 at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, California, USA.
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June 29th, 2016
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