At the time, it became the longest altitude crossing mission flown by a test pilot, which was almost 60 miles.
On July 17, 1962, American test pilot Bob White broke the world record at the time by reaching the highest altitude with his flight, which no one had reached till then.
He took off from Edwards Air Force Base, which was a rocket made in the X-15 aircraft, which was a success at the time when the space race was going on between the Soviet Union and America.
Image Credit: US Air Force
He crossed the highest altitude to date, which was 314,750 feet, which was almost 60 miles.
At that time, the Air Force considered the edge of space to be 50 miles above the Earth. That’s why Bob White’s spaceflight is called record-breaking, and the white one is called astronaut wings.
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