X-15, designed to achieve hypersonic speeds--speeds in excess of Mach 5--and to climb more than 50 miles above the earth's surface, the dart-like X-15 became the first aircraft to actually be piloted into near space. The first powered X-15 flight was made on Sept. 17. 1959. (b/w), Graphic courtesy of NASA
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