
This 26 meter (85 foot) antenna operated in Woomera (Island Lagoon), Australia at Deep Space Station (DSS) 41, established in…

Followed by a Lockheed F-104A Starfighter chase plane, the North American X-15 ship #3 (56-6672) sinks toward touchdown on Rogers…

NASA research pilot Milt Thompson stands next to a mock-up of X-15 number 3 that was later installed at the…

NASA research pilot Milt Thompson is seen here with the mock-up of X-15 #3 that was later installed at the…

Workers install the full-scale mock-up of X-15 #3 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in September 1995.

Workers install the full-scale mock-up of X-15 #3 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA, in September 1995.

The full-scale mock-up of X-15 #3 was installed September 1995 at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA.

Major Robert M. White is seen here next to the X-15 aircraft after a research flight.

The X-15 flight crew, left to right: Air Force Captain Joseph H. Engle, Air Force Major Robert A. Rushworth, NASA…