X-15

1966: Full-length portrait of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, wearing a NASA spacesuit, smiling while standing with his hand on the 'hot nose' of an X-15 shuttle on a tarmac. The 'hot nose' is an invention which senses the X-15's alitude angles and compensates to lessen the frictional heat during the exit and re-entry phases of hypersonic flight in the upper atmoshere. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
1966: Full-length portrait of American astronaut Neil Armstrong, wearing a NASA spacesuit, smiling while standing with his hand on the 'hot nose' of an X-15 shuttle on a tarmac. The 'hot nose' is an invention which senses the X-15's alitude angles and compensates to lessen the frictional heat during the exit and re-entry phases of hypersonic flight in the upper atmoshere. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
X-15
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Credit:
Hulton Archive / Stringer
Editorial #:
3238584
Collection:
Archive Photos
Date created:
January 01, 1966
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Rights-managed
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Source:
Archive Photos
Barcode:
JL2754
Object name:
01v/15/arve/G2241/004
Max file size:
2970 x 3755 px (9.90 x 12.52 in) - 300 dpi - 4 MB