Historic Photo Shows Wrecked X-15 after 1962 Mud Lake Crash
On November 9, 1962, during a research flight in the second X-15 airframe, an engine failure forced NASA pilot Jack McKay to make an emergency landing at Mud lake, Nevada.
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Space Shuttle Discovery Flies into History – Via Washington, DC
It was an exciting and emotional moment as the Space Shuttle Discovery crossed the Potomac River and flew down the National Mall of Washington, DC, mounted atop the 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft.
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Historic Photos Show X-15 Rocket Plane Exiting Paint Shop Sealed for High Speed Flight
If you plan to push an air vehicle beyond mach 7, you’re going to need an impressive thermal protection coating to keep its overall temperature to manageable – and survivable – levels.
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Space Shuttle Discovery to Overfly Washington, DC
It’s an exciting time in Washington, DC as the city prepares for the arrival of the Space Shuttle Discovery, the best known and most travelled of the NASA orbiters.
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Retired Space Shuttle Orbiters in Rare Nose-to-Nose Encounter at Kennedy Space Center
These photographs would have been hard to imagine a year ago when NASA’s Space Shuttle programme was ongoing. But on this occasion, retired Space Shuttle orbiters Discovery and Endeavour met face-to-face at Kennedy Space Center – a rare event.
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DARPA Loses Track of Falcon Hypersonic HTV-2 over Pacific
This real time visual article about the latest test flight of DARPA’s Falcon HTV-2 culminates when the experimental unmanned spaceplane crashes into the Pacific Ocean, bring its mission to a successful conclusion.
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Historic Photo Shows Wrecked X-15 after 1962 Mud Lake Crash
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Dramatic Video Shows Stunt Plane Breaking-Up in Mid Air, Pilot Miraculously Survives
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1986 Image Shows Crashed F-4 Phantom at Gulfport, Mississippi
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Wrecked B-52 Bombers South of Edwards AFB
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Rare Brewster Corsair F3A-1 the Subject of Restoration Efforts
