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65 Years Ago: First Powered Flight of the X-15 Hypersonic Rocket Plane

The X-15 hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft, built by North American Aviation (NAA), greatly expanded our knowledge of flight at speeds exceeding Mach 6 and

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