Dark Space Official on MSN

X-15: The rocket plane that quietly reached space

The X-15 program pushed human flight into hypersonic speeds and the edge of space long before the Space Shuttle, with pilots like Neil Armstrong and Joe Walker shattering altitude records and crossing ...
The Aviationist on MSN

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 ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Inside the record X-15 that took hypersonic to new heights

The North American X-15 did more than set records; it quietly redrew the map of what a piloted aircraft could survive at the edge of space. By pushing hypersonic flight to extremes that still stand ...