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X-15
Black rocket aircraft with stubby wings and short vertical stabilizers above and below tail unit
The X-15 pulling away from its drop launch plane
RoleExperimental high-speed rocket-powered research aircraft
ManufacturerNorth American Aviation
First flight8 June 1959 [1]
Introduction17 September 1959
RetiredDecember 1968 [1]
Primary usersUnited States Air Force
NASA
Number built3
The North American X-15 is a hypersonic rocket-powered aircraft operated by the United States Air Force and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the X-plane series of experimental aircraft. The X-15 set speed and altitude records in the 1960s, crossing the edge of outer space and returning with valuable data used in aircraft and spacecraft design. The X-15's highest speed, 4,520 miles per hour (7,274 km/h; 2,021 m/s),[1] was achieved on 3 October 1967,[2]when William J. Knight flew at Mach 6.7 at an altitude of 102,100 feet (31,120 m), or 19.34 miles. This set the official world record for the highest speed ever recorded by a crewed, powered aircraft, which remains unbroken

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