Soviet space race, a determined USAF test pilot joins NASA for a bold suborbital mission aboard an X-15 hypersonic ...
Neil Armstrong is one of the most illustrious aviators ... One such example was the X-15, a rocket-powered aircraft capable of reaching speeds over Mach 6 and altitudes of over 50 miles up into ...
DERMOT O’LEARY: In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first human being ... test pilot pushing the limits of the rocket-propelled X-15, the fastest plane in the world, he almost lost control when ...
Neil A. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, was born Aug. 5, 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio. In 1947, Armstrong enrolled at Purdue University on a Navy scholarship to pursue a degree in ...