Neil Armstrong as X-15 test pilot. US test pilot (later astronaut) Neil Alden Armstrong (1930-2012) made 7 flights in the X-15 from November 1960 to July 1962. 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 on 1 November 1963,at Edwards Air Force Base California,USA | |
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