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At the height of the Cold War during the 1960s the U.S. Air Force and NASA tested an experimental rocket-powered research aircraft code-named X-15.The X-15 experiments were conducted at Edwards Air Force Base.The X-15 aircraft set altitude and speed records by reaching the edge of outer space.The project is managed by U.S. Air Force Colonel Craig Brewster and scientist Tom Deparma. The main test pilots are Matt Powell, Colonel Lee Brandon and Major Ernest Wilde.During the test flights the X-15 aircraft is dropped from a B-52 Stratofortress mother ship before starting its engine.The whole test team is enthusiastic about the project but the project is plagued by setbacks and near disasters right from the start.
David McLean
Matt Powell
Charles Bronson
Lt. Col. Lee Brandon
Ralph Taeger
Maj. Ernest Wilde
Brad Dexter
Maj. Anthony Rinaldi
Kenneth Tobey
Col. Craig Brewster
James Gregory
Tom Deparma
Mary Tyler Moore
Pamela Stewart
Patricia Owens
Margaret Brandon
Lisabeth Hush
Diane Wilde
Stanley Livingston
Mike Brandon
Lauren Gilbert
Col. Jessup
Phil Dean
Maj. McCully
Chuck Stanford
Lt. Cmdr. Joe Lacrosse
Patty McDonald
Susan Brandon
James Stewart
Narrator
Ric Applewhite
Engineer
Robert Dornan
Test Engineer
Ed Fleming
Self (newscaster)
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