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X-15 #2 just after launch. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

X-15 #2 just after launch. Public domain image of NASA aircraft.

Description: The X-15 #2 (56-6671) launches away from the B-52 mothership with its rocket engine ignited. The white patches near the middle of the ship are frost from the liquid oxygen used in the propulsion sy... More

"Little Joe" NASA history collection

"Little Joe" NASA history collection

Description: (1958) A photo of the X-1E with pilot Joe Walker suited up at the NASA High-Speed Flight Station, Edwards, California. The dice and "Little Joe" are prominently displayed under the cockpit area. (L... More

Pilot Neil Armstrong with X-15 #1

Pilot Neil Armstrong with X-15 #1

(1960) NASA test pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here next to the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight. The X-15 was a rocket-powered aircraft 50 feet long with a wingspan of 22 feet. It was a missile- s... More

Pilot Neil Armstrong in the X-15 #1 cockpit

Pilot Neil Armstrong in the X-15 #1 cockpit

Description (1961) NASA pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here in the cockpit of the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight. ..A U.S. Navy pilot in the Korean War who flew 78 combat missions in F9F-2 jet fig... More

X-15 contrail after launch. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

X-15 contrail after launch. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Description: The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft begins its climb after launch at the NASA Flight Research Center, Edwards, California (later renamed the Dryden Flight Research Center). The X-15 was a rocket power... More

X-15 pilots clown around. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

X-15 pilots clown around. Experimental NASA aircraft photograph.

Photo Description: (1966) The X-15 pilots clown around in front of the #2 aircraft. From left to right: USAF Capt. Joseph Engle, USAF Maj. Robert Rushworth, NASA test pilot John "Jack" McKay, USAF Maj. William ... More

One of NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flies over the Dryden Flight Research Center

One of NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flies over the Dryde...

Photo Description: One of NASA's Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft flies over the Dryden Flight Research Center main building at Edwards Air Force Base, Edwards, California, in May 1999...UID: SPD-DRYDEN-EC99-4500 7-10

AL247-006, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

AL247-006, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Images from an Album (AL-247) donated to SDASM by Jane Forsyth showing Edwards Air Force Base in the 1950s. ..Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive ( http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/library/sti... More

Bell X-2, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Bell X-2, Space and Aviation museum SDASM

Title: Bell X-2.Catalog #: 15_000953.Date: 1955-56.ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Edwards Air Force Base Air Show .Collection: Charles M. Daniels Collection Photo.Page #: 18.Tags: Bell X-2, Edwards Air Force Base Air... More