Test flight of rocket powered aircraft X-15A at Edwards Air Force Base in California. A jet engine of NB-52B Stratofortress. Men inside a van. Speakers on van. Vans and cars on airport. Newsmen take picture of a pilot Major William J Knight and other officers. A pilot wears a helmet inside a cockpit. NASA officer and ground crew man talk to him. A hangar in the background. The back portion of X-15A with NB-52B Stratofortress. An officer talks to the pilot in the cockpit. A note pad on the lap of a pilot. Officers make him read few things from a book. A ground crew man looks at the engine. Insignia of United States. A wheel of X-15A. A red van crosses NB-52B. Clear view of NB-52B with X-15A. NB-52B with X-15A taxis.
F-100D chase plane flies over X-15 rocket plane while the latter is on final approach to land at Rogers Dry Lake runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California. NASA camera follows the X-15 as it nears the runway in a medium nose-up attitude and then touches down, first on its main skids, followed by its nose gear. The X-15 raises a trail of dust as it continues down the runway, past a truck in the foreground. As it comes to a halt, a truck races out to it. Two H-21 helicopters fly over it and one hovers nearby. Another truck and a fire truck and ambulance drive out to the X-15. It is last seen surrounded by emergency and support vehicles. (This mission involving X-15, tail number 56-6671, was unsuccessful, due to a liquid oxygen leak.)
First flight of X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base in California. North American ground control vehicle moves out of the camera. B-52 aircraft with X-15 under right wing at flight line in the background. B-52 with X-15 taxis towards runway. X-15 attached in the right wing of B-52. Insignia of United States. A hangar in the background. B-52 taxis. B-52 with X-15 takes off and contrails come out from B-52.
X-15 first powered flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California. B-52 Stratofortress with chase planes in flight. Contrails left out by the planes. X-15 in flight and climbs up. Contrails left out by the X-15. A chase plane behind it. The chase plane flies above and over X-15. X-15 flies over mountains. It lands on a dry lake bed and taxis. An unidentified plane taxis in background.
Dignitaries inspect an X-15 in United States. The X-15 is towed by a tug and is rolled out of a hangar. Insignia of United States. Men dressed in white are on either side of the aircraft. Dignitaries on either side of the X-15. Speakers in the background. X-15 is brought in front of the stage. Dignitaries stand on the stage after X-15 is brought. Vice President Richard Nixon gives a speech. Dignitaries and people around the plane. Vice President Nixon in front of the nose of the plane with other dignitaries. A man takes picture.
United States Boeing B-52 Stratofortress takes off from Edwards Air Force Base. The B-52 carries X-15 rocket-powered aircraft. The X-15 rocket-powered aircraft releases. X-15 aircraft in flight reaching 2,905 MPH. The X-15 landing on the dried lake bed at Edwards Air Force Base. Pilot, Major Bob White, seen climbing out of the cockpit of the X-15, and talking to NASA officials.