X-15 aircraft crash site. Investigators at the wreckage of the third X-15 aircraft after it crashed on 15 November 1967. The body of the pilot,Mike J. Adams (1930-1967),is being examined in the cockpit. The aircraft broke up at high speed at an altitude of 18 kilometres. The wreckage fell near Johannesburg,California,USA. 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. It was the first plane to reach the edge of outer space | |
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