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From X-15 to The Moon: Edge of Space Short Film
and NASA, with four of its 12 pilots being Air Force officers. Tragically, one pilot, USAF Maj. Michael J. Adams lost his life in an X-15 crash in 1967. Another X-15 pilot, Neil Armstrong ...
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X-59 Supersonic Plane Spotted Next to NASA F-15, The Two Planes Band Together for a Reason
This machine, an F-15 specially modified and properly equipped, will do so in a bid to measure the noise level generated by the supersonic demonstrator. To see if that affects the X-59 ...
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'Edge of Space': Ambitious short film chronicles daring flight of X-15 rocket plane test pilot (video)
a professional pulse-pounding short film centered around a brave USAF test pilot recruited by NASA for a suborbital mission aboard the X-15 rocket-powered aircraft. Set in 1961, as the Cold War ...