Day: July 17, 2025

On July 17, 1962, the American test pilot Bob White broke the world record for the highest altitude flight. He took off from Edwards Air Force Base in a rocket-powered X-15 aircraft and made it to an altitude of 314,750 feet. That’s almost 60 miles At the time, the Air Force considered the edge of …

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On July 16, 1969, NASA astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins blasted off on their famous mission to land and walk on the moon. Apollo 11 launched from NASA’s historic launchpad 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The astronauts lifted off on top of NASA’s gigantic new Saturn V rocket. Four days …

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