National Security Journal on MSN

The Mach 6.7 X-15 Rocket Plane Has A Message for the U.S. Air Force

America built the X-15 to get flight data in the unknown between airplanes and spacecraft. -The rocket-powered, Inconel-X research plane, air-dropped from a B-52 and driven by a throttleable XLR99, ...
Vintage Aviation News on MSN

Today in Aviation History: First Powered Flight of the North American X-15

Discover the story of the North American X-15's first powered flight on September 17, 1959, when Scott Crossfield piloted the ...
insider.si.edu

X-15 : the NASA mission reports, incorporating files from the USAF / compiled from the archives & edited by Robert Godwin

CD-ROM contains movies and images of the X-15 program. 408 p., [8] p. of col. plates : ill. (some col.), ports. 26 cm. + 1 computer optical disc (4 3/4 in.) https ...
Ars Technica

Rocket Report: NASA finally working on depots, Air Force tests new ICBM

Probably a silly question, but I have to ask. Why does a mission that's imaging via radar need to be in a Sun-synchronous orbit? My assumption is that it may have nothing to do with the imaging but ...
Tech Xplore on MSN

NASA's X-59 moves toward first flight at speed of safety

As NASA's one-of-a-kind X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft approaches first flight, its team is mapping every step from ...
AeroTime

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator moves toward first flight

NASA’s X-59 supersonic demonstrator nears first flight, aiming to prove quiet supersonic travel and pave the way for overland ...
FlightGlobal

NASA progresses X-59 quiet supersonic demonstrator towards planned first flight before year-end

NASA maintains its 2025 target for the X-59 Quesst quiet-supersonic demonstrator's maiden flight as the programme advances ...