
NASA pilot Neil Armstrong is seen here in the cockpit of the X-15 ship #1 (56-6670) after a research flight.

Technicians performing a fit-check of the Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) on the back of a NASA Dryden Flight Research…

Three-view art of the North American X-15.

Rear/side view of the Linear Aerospike SR Experiment (LASRE) pod on NASA SR-71, tail number 844.

Cutaway drawing of the North American X-15.

Snow-covered fields appear as geometric patterns on Washington Island, on Lake Michigan.

A NASA SR-71 made its successful first flight Oct. 31 as part of the NASA/Rocketdyne/Lockheed Martin Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment…

March 12, 2014 — In the Space Station Processing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the University Research-1 payload developed…

Cracked canopy glass on right side of X-15 #2 after flt. 2-21-37 on Nov. 9 1961. Robert White, pilot. First…

The Linear Aerospike SR Experiment (LASRE) pod is shown on the back of a NASA SR-71.