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The futuristic XB-70A was originally conceived in the 1950s as a high-altitude, nuclear strike bomber that could fly at Mach 3 (three times the speed of sound) -- any potential enemy would have been unable to defend against such a bomber.By the early,

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Vulcain (Ariane V)

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Fifty years ago, this month, in February 1966, NASA and America’s effort to land a man on the Moon before the end of the decade appeared to be on its uppers. Project Gemini had already demonstrated spacewalking, rendezvous, and flown a pair of missions lasting the minimum and maximum durations anticipated for a round-trip piloted

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Photograph by NASA   Since 1976, the Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird has held the world record for the fastest ‘air-breathing manned aircraft’ with a recorded speed of 1,905.81 knots (2,1…

On October 14, 1947, then Air Force Captain Charles E. “Chuck” Yeager became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound in his Bell X-1, in aircraft #46-062, which he named Glamorous Glennis, in tribute to his wife. He reached a speed of 1,127 kilometers (700 miles) per hour, or Mach 1.06, at an altitude of 13,000 meters (43,000 feet). Air-launched at an altitude of 7,000 meters (23,000 feet) from the bomb bay of a Boeing B-29, the X-1 used its rocket engine to climb to its test altitude. The Bell X-1 flew a total of 78 times, and on March 26, 1948, with Yeager at the controls, it attained a speed of 1,540 kilometers (957 miles) per hour, Mach 1.45, at an altitude of 21,900 meters (71,900 feet). This was the highest velocity and altitude reached by a manned airplane up to that time. Fast forward about 36 years to August 05, 1983. On this day, Brigadier General Chuck Yeager became the 335th person to have the joy and privilege of taking a ride in what has to be the one of the most incredible airplanes ever to take to the air; the Lockheed built and designed SR-71 Blackbird. General Yeager was issued “Mach 3+” card number 405, the 335th person to either fly, or ride in the Blackbird as part of a very exclusive of men and women that had flown to as high as 85,000 feet at an average speed of just around 2,150 miles per hour, or Mach 3+. There have been 852 persons that have gone to space on NASA’s fleet of Space Shuttles versus 402 that flew in the SR-71 family of Blackbirds. Plus all of the Soviet/Russian’s Soyuz, the Apollo, Gemini and Mercury plus now the Chinese astronauts.

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Read 22 reviews from the world’s largest community for readers. SR-71 covers every aspect of the spyplane’s development, manufacture, and active service, a…

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