An important part of data collection for the United States space program, the North American X-15 had astonishing performance ...
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 ...
The X-15 program pushed human flight into hypersonic speeds and the edge of space long before the Space Shuttle, with pilots ...
Stratolaunch may conduct a hypersonic test flight in the coming days from California's Mojave Air & Space Port. The company uses the world's largest aircraft, Roc, to launch its uncrewed, reusable ...