Image: X-15 in flight

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Description: The X-15 #2 (56-6671) launches away from the B-52 mothership with its rocket engine ignited. The white patches near the middle of the ship are frost from the liquid oxygen used in the propulsion system, although very cold liquid nitrogen was also used to cool the payload bay, cockpit, windshields, and nose.
Title: X-15 in flight
Credit: Current Upload: cropped from http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-15/HTML/EC88-0180-1.html (direct link) (date reference) Original Upload: cropped and contrast enhanced from original http://www.dfrc.nasa.gov/Gallery/Photo/X-15/HTML/EC88-0180-1.html
Author: NASA
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