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The X-15 was carried into the air by a converted B-52 bomber and released at high altitude. The pilot then ignited the X-15's rocket motor. It was the first plane to reach the edge of outer space and set records for the fastest manned aircraft (7,274 kilometres per hour, or Mach 6.72).

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The need for speed.

This week in 1960, test pilot Joe Walker flew the Museum's North American X-15 (56-6670) on his first free flight in the X-15. He would go on to pilot the X-15 two dozen times, including two flights over the Kármán line. #AirSpacePhoto

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I’m so done with retrofuturism, speculative nostalgia is where it’s at.

That’s right, my aesthetic is yearning for days of a past that never existed, where living in the 90′s meant watching vintage Nickelodeon with my rocket powered robot butler who only speaks in the worst 90′s slang.