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X-15 flight 90 accidentally pushed a pilot past the edge of space

The North American X-15 was built to flirt with the edge of space, not to cross it by accident. Yet on a research mission ...
Dark Space Official on MSN

X-15 flight 90, the mission that accidentally crossed the Karman line and made Joe Walker America’s first civilian in space

In July 1963, the X-15 was supposed to chase a carefully planned altitude profile, but tiny performance shifts pushed Flight 90 past the space boundary and made Joe Walker the first U.S. civilian in ...
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North American X-15 Flight Record

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Going Hypersonic: A Look at the Record-setting X-15

An important part of data collection for the United States space program, the North American X-15 had astonishing performance utilizing the technology of the 1950s and 60s. The North American X-15 was ...