In the late 1950s and 1960s, the X-15 pushed the limits of speed and altitude like no aircraft before it. Born under NACA and later handed to NASA, it reached Mach 6.7 and nearly 70 miles high - ...

The farm boy from Wilson County died taking his Bell X-2 Starbuster to Mach 3, but he knew we have to protect our children’s future. Courtesy of Sharman Apt Russell In the 1950s, my father was a test ...