Rocket powered aircraft X-15 pilots at Edwards Air Force Base in California. X-15 pilots Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson, Neil A Armstrong, Captain Robbert A Rushworth, John B McKay, Major Robert M White and Joseph A Walker stand in front of X-15. A sign reads 'NASA' Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson and John B McKay talk. X-15 in the background. Major Robert M White and Joseph A Walker talk. Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson, Neil A Armstrong, Captain Robbert A Rushworth, John B McKay, Major Robert M White and Joseph A Walker stand together. Major White and Joseph Walker stand beside X-15 and talk. Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson stands beside X-15. Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson stands beside X-15. John B McKay stands beside X-15. Captain Robbert A Rushworth stands beside X-15. Neil Armstrong stands beside X-15. Major Robert M White stands beside X-15. Captain Rushworth, John B McKay, Lt Commander Forrest S Peterson, Joseph A Walker, Neil A Armstrong and Major Robert M White stand around X-15 nose. Lt Commander Peterson, Neil A Armstrong, Capatain Rushworth, John B McKay, Major White and Joseph A Walker re mill around and talk.
First high powered flight of X-15 with XLR-99 engine. X-15 released from B-51 and soars aloft. Contrails from B-52 and X-15 are visible. Chase plane briefly visible as X-15 jettisons lower ventral fin prior to landing. X-15 lands.
X-15 lands after first high powered flight using XLR-99 engine. Chase plane accompanies X-15 as it maneuvers to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Parachute seen as lower ventral fin is jettisoned prior to landing. X-15 comes to stop on runway after long ground roll on landing.
X-15 lands at Edwards Air Force Base following first high powered rocket flight. Chase plane escorts on final approach. A hangar in the background. Fire truck, cars and van drive up to X-15 after landing. A man approaches X-15. A helicopter in flight above X-15. Pilot Scott Crossfield climbs out of cockpit.
Military and civilian officials, workers in hard hats, and others at Edwards Air Force Base await landing of the X-15 following its first high powered flight. Visible are cars, vans , construction equipment and observers. A hangar in the background. Observers shield their eyes from the sun as they look up to watch the approaching X-15. A fire truck in the background. Some observers around a yellow van. Officers seated in a car A civilian official smokes An Air Force officer looks through binoculars. A senior master sergeant stands next to him. A sign reads 'Edwards AF' on a car. A man inside a van smokes a cigar.
X-15,at Edwards Air Force Base in California, immediately after landing from its first high powered flight. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield in cockpit still wearing flight gear, helmet and oxygen mask. Officials and ground crew surround the cockpit. One helps Crossfield remove his helmet and mask. Yellow vans and red fire truck in the background. A man takes a picture of the pilot. Pilot Albert Scott Crossfield walks with an unlit cigarette in his mouth.
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