American space agency NASA gets its hands on two more F-15 fighter jets, one to fly alongside the X-59 experimental aircraft, the other to be used for parts.
An aircraft capable of hitting 4,520 mph (nearly seven times the speed of sound) is ludicrous to even think about, but the North American X-15 achieved this, defying comparison to any other aircraft ...
The X-15 was a key bridge between conventional atmospheric flight and spaceflight. The North American X-15 is one of the most groundbreaking aircraft ever created in the history of aviation and space ...
The North American X-15 was built to flirt with the edge of space, not to cross it by accident. Yet on a research mission labeled Flight 90, a routine test profile slipped just far enough out of ...
NASA’s X-59 test flights rely on chase aircraft to monitor safety, communications, data collection, and instrumentation as ...
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How NASA Is Using F-15s to Unlock Supersonic Flight
Space agency doubles the jet fighter research fleet for its X-59 quiet supersonic flight program.
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