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— Mike Machat, Mark Karvon, and Craig Kodera — |
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"Crossfield's Last Hurrah" by Mike Machat, 1998. |
"First Re-entry" by Mike Machat, 1996. |
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"Launch of the A-2" by Mike Machat, 1983. |
"Return from Mach 6" by Mike Machat, 1983. |
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"Knighthood at Mach 6.7" by Mike Machat. |
"The Record Setter" by Mark Karvon. |
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"Light the Candles" by Craig Kodera. |
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— Wilf Hardy, William J. Reynolds, and Robert Lanktree — |
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"On the Way to the Stars" by William J. Reynolds, 1981. Portrays the first powered flight of the X-15 by Scott Crossfield. |
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"Emergency Landing" by Wilf Hardy. |
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"X-15A-2" by Wilf Hardy. |
X-15 Sunset by Robert Lanktree. |
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— Maxine McCaffrey, Ed Hengeveld, and Douglas Castleman — |
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"Securing the X-15" by Maxine McCaffrey for Centennial of Flight Art Series. courtesy Robert Lanktree collection |
"Last Preparations Before Take-Off" by Maxine McCaffrey. |
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"Drop" by Ed Hengeveld. |
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"The X-15 Pilots" by Ed Hengeveld. |
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"Neil Armstrong" by Ed Hengeveld. Note the X-15A-2 behind Neil, which he never flew during the program. |
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"X-15 Drop" by Douglas Castleman. |
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"North American X-15" by Douglas Castleman. |
X-15 no. 1 comes in for landing with F-104 chase plane by Douglas Castleman. |
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Cover and interior illustrations from "Rockets into Space" by Alexander L. Crosby and Nancy Larrick, 1959.
Art by Denny McMains.
Note the similarities between McMains' illustrations to those in Chesley Bonestell's 1961 book below, which also bears a very similar title. |
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Cover, frontispiece, and interior illustration for "Rocket to the Moon" by Chesley Bonestell, 1961. |
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A rare comparison of the black-and-white versus color versions of Chesley Bonestell's illustration. |
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— Roger Barniki and Adam Toobey — |
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X-15 no. 3 in level flight by Roger Barniki. Roger was a Life Support Supervisor on the X-15. |
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X-15 no. 3 reentry by Adam Tooby. |
Fanciful X-15 launch into space using a triple booster system by Adam Tooby. |
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"X-15 To the Edge of Space" by Cernaix Thibault. |
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"X-15A-2" by Cernaix Thibault. |
X-15 reentry by Tran Mawicke. |
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X-15 art by Mark Pestana. (above) "Dawn of Hypersonic Flight" (right) "X-15 Into Space" |
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"Walker Heading to Space" by Otto Kuhni, known for his paintings for Hot Wheels boxes. |
"Tom Swift and His Megascope Space Prober" by Victor Appleton. |
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— John Bedke, James Vaughan, Darryl Legg, and David Carl Peters — |
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X-15 by John Bedke. |
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X-15 by Darryl Legg. |
"Between Heaven and Earth" by David Carl Peters. |
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What the future may hold. Artist John Eaves envisions the MIlestones of Flight gallery of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum after warp drive becomes a reality. Displayed near the X-15, X-1, Apollo 11 Command Module, and other significant contributions to air and space exploration is the "Phoenix." This vehicle was built by Zefram Cochrane to test his theories about spaceflight which could exceed the speed of light as realized in the universe of Star Trek. This image is used as the page for November 2021 in the Star Trek Ships of the Line calendar. |
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