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The static test of rocket powered aircraft X-15 and technician works on the engine at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Static test number 1043 of XLR-11 engine for X-15, on January 12, 1959,at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Engine in test stand.
First free flight of X-15. NB-52B Stratofortress with X-15 suspended under its wing. X-15 launches and glides to landing
Test Pilot Scott Crossfield climbs into cockpit of X-15 rocket powered aircraft, as spectators are assembled to witness its first free flight. B-52B Stratofortress aircraft taxis and takes off with the rocket powered X-15 under its wing. X-15 detaches from the B-52, and drops towards the earth as Crossfield tests its behavior in flight. View of X-15 nose wheel turning during landing. 'North American Aviation Inc' stenciled on fuselage. The X-15 exhibits an extreme high pitch angle as it comes in for a successful landing on the Rogers Dry Lake Bed in the Mojave Desert.
Static test of XLR-11 engine for X-15. Jet flame comes out of engine on test stand at Edwards Air Force Base in California.
Static test number 1045 of XLR-11 engine at Edwards Air Force Base in California. Intense flame from engine in test stand highlighted against darkness of evening.
An X-15 Rocket plane landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California
View of a North American X-15 landing on a Rogers dry lake bed runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California. The camera follows the X-15 as it approaches in nose-high attitude and shows ground contact of its main skids and of its nose gear as it is lowered. The camera continues tracking the X-15 along the runway until it comes to a stop.
NASA B-52 landing at Edwards Air Force Base
NASA B-52 (NB-52A, 52-003) landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California, following an unsuccessful X-15 launch mission. (The liquid oxygen tank pressure fluxuated due to a vent leak.) The B-52 makes a routine landing, deploying its drag chute on the ground roll.
North American X-15 rocket plane being towed across Rogers Dry Lake, Edwards Air Force Base
NASA X-15 rocket plane, number 56-6671, is being towed by a tractor, after landing on a Rogers Dry Lake runway at Edwards Air Force Base. A set of wheels is installed at the rear of the aircraft. A van with meteorological instruments on top, drives alongside. Several other vehicles follow in a line, including one with an auxiliary power unit.