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Bell X-2

Bell X-2 was designed to probe this region and to be the first aircraft to take man well above the measurable atmosphere to the very edge of space. Bell test pilot Jean "Skip" Ziegler completed the first unpowered glide flight of an X-2 at Edwards on June 27, 1952. (b/w), Graphic courtesy of NASA

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