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North American X-15 Model

A one-twentieth scale model of the X-15, originally suspended beneath the wing of a B-52, is observed by a scientist as it leaves the bomber model in tests to determine the release characteristics and drop motion of the research airplane. The test was conducted in the Langley High Speed 7 x 10 Foot Tunnel, around 1957.

 

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Credit: NASA/Bill Taub

Image Number: 1958-L-00957

Date: 1958

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Uploaded on January 26, 2015
Taken on February 15, 1958