X-15 aircraft on a Boeing B-52, 1965 C021/3656

X-15 aircraft on a Boeing B-52, 1965

Código da imagem : C021/3656
Dimensões : 3.304 X 2.650 pixels
Orientação : horizontal

Data do upload no fornecedor : 11/07/2014
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Pauta:	X-15 aircraft on a Boeing B-52, 1965
Título:	X-15 aircraft on a Boeing B-52, 1965
Descrição:	X-15 aircraft on a Boeing B-52. This, view, from the B-52 carrier aircraft, is at high altitude shortly before the X-15 aircraft was dropped from the B52's wing. 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 in 1965.
Coleção:	Science Photo Library
Crédito:	NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ Fotoarena
Disponibilidade:	imediata
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