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Flight 90 and the X-15, how a small test deviation turned a research plane into America’s first civilian spaceflight

In 1963, a routine X-15 test flight climbed just a little higher than planned, carrying pilot Joseph Walker beyond the Kármán Line and into space. This is the precise chain of decisions, physics, and ...
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NASA Armstrong integrates F-15 jets for X-59 supersonic research support

NASA Armstrong adds two retired F-15 jets to support supersonic research for the X-59, enabling high-altitude flights and ...
The Aviationist on MSN

NASA receives two F-15Ds for supersonic research

Two F-15Ds of the Oregon Air National Guard have been transferred to NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, where they will ...
Interesting Engineering

NASA to modify two F-15 fighter jets to support development of silent supersonic X-59

NASA’s experimental X-59 silent supersonic aircraft performed its historic first flight in October last year. Built by ...
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NASA Adds Two F-15 Aircraft to Support Supersonic Flight Research

Two retired U.S. Air Force F-15 jets have joined the flight research fleet at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, transitioning from military service to a new role enabling ...
AeroTime

NASA gets two F-15 jets for its supersonic research program

NASA has received two F-15 jets which had been retired by the US Air Force in order to advance its supersonic research ...
Business Wire

Archer’s Midnight Flight Test Program Reaches Record Heights

SALINAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Archer Aviation Inc. (NYSE: ACHR) today announced that its Midnight aircraft successfully completed its highest altitude flight to date, reaching altitudes of 7,000 ...
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NASA strips down X-59 for post-flight inspections ahead of second sortie

NASA's X-59 supersonic demonstrator sits partially disassembled at Armstrong Flight Research Center following its October ...