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 ...

9NEWS 6 a.m. we opened up a supersonic window into a very unique part of NASA's early history: Nasa's X-15 rocket plane. It was the precursor to the shuttle, and the test pilots who flew it truly had ...