Scott Crossfield set aviation records by breaking Mach 2 in the D-558-2 Skyrocket and pioneering the X-15 program, pushing ...
It offers an absorbing glimpse into NASA’s X-15 rocket plane, which flew from 1959 to 1968, and we've got an exclusive ...
He flew seven flights in an X-15 and he was involved in both the piloting and engineering of the plane. Although not an official X-plane, this experimental craft paved the way for airplanes as we ...
the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo Command and Service Module, the second stage of the Saturn V rocket, the Space Shuttle orbiter and the B-1 Lancer. Through a series of ...