2023年7月26日 · One of three X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft being carried aloft under the wing of its B-52 mothership. The X-15 aircraft, ship #1 (56-6670), sits on the lakebed early in …

Robert White, Bill Dana, Neil Armstrong and Joe Engle were on hand when astronaut wings were presented to the three NASA pilots who flew the X-15 into space. Southwestern US, with Las …

The X-15 is mainly a cylindrical fuselage, 49 feet 2 inches long. "Wing root" fairings begin just aft of the cockpit and extend nearly the entire length of the fuselage on each side. From these …

2023年10月13日 · On Oct. 15, 1958, the first X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft rolled out of its factory. A joint project among NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Navy, the X-15 …

2025年2月2日 · The X-15 program primarily used single type of aircraft: the North American X-15 and the X-15A-2, a modified version of the second X-15 aircraft, was delivered to NASA in …

The Air Force contract with North American Aviation included a ground based analog computer flight simulator that included a realistic X-15 cockpit, and the complete X-15 flight control …

In 1954 NASA completed these studies and produced a proposal to the Air Force and Navy, for a hypersonic research airplane, the X-15. This Report describes the design and operation of this …

2014年3月12日 · The X-15 was a rocket-powered aircraft 50 ft long with a wingspan of 22 ft. It was a missile-shaped vehicle with an unusual wedge-shaped vertical tail, thin stubby wings, …

Using the F-107 fighter and a spring-mounted pivoting slide projector in a fairly accurate replication of the X-15’s pitch dynamics while evaluating the X-15s side located controller. …

2010年8月28日 · The X-15 remains the fastest and highest flying manned aircraft ever flown, and is regarded by many as the most important research plane in history. The X-15 emerged from …