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 Dryden Home > Collections > Movie Home > X-15 > Movie # EM-0033-02 |
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X-15 drop launch, view from B-52 mothership |
| Movie Number |
EM-0033-02
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| Movie Date |
1960s
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| Formats | 160x120 15-fps QuickTime Movie (1,352 KBytes) 320x240 30-fps QuickTime Movie (1,055 KBytes) 320x240 30-fps MPEG-1 Movie (2,592 KBytes) |
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Still photos of this aircraft are available in several resolutions at http://www1.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-15/index.html |
| Description |
This roughly 20-second video clip shows the first planned glide flight of X-15 #1 on June 8, 1959. Then-North American pilot Scott Crossfield flew the mission, dropped from the B-52A mothership that bore the tail number 0003. |
| Keywords | X-15; XLR-99; XLR-11; North American Aviation; Reaction Motors; Thiokol; reaction control system; B-52; Space Shuttle; Edwards Air Force Base; Dryden Flight Research Center; John Becker; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Navy; NASA |
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Last Modified: December 9, 2001 |
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