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B-52 Stratofortress Launches X-15 Rocket Plane

The X-15 rocket research airplane was built by the Los Angeles (Calif.) Division of North American Aviation for the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Navy, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The airplane was designed to conduct research experiments during actual flight conditions beyond the Earth's atmosphere and to obtain knowledge of aerodynamic heating, re-entry conditions, acceleration and deceleration forces, and reactions of man to weightlessness. A B-52 mothership air-launched the X-15. 
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Unique identifier BI224929 
Boeing ID 0048-1 
Type Image 
Size 3060px × 2448px   20MB 
License type RM 
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