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gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:aircraft
gptkb:Team_Rocket
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gptkbp:design
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gptkb:Team_Rocket
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gptkbp:duration
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1954-1968
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gptkbp:elevation
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354,200 feet
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gptkbp:engine_type
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gptkb:XLR99_rocket_engine
gptkb:Team_Rocket
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gptkbp:first_flight
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gptkb:1959
1963-11-15
1960-09-17
1966-07-12
1961-10-03
1968-10-03
1959-06-08
1968-10-24
1967-08-29
June 8, 1959
200 flights
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gptkbp:fuel_type
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liquid oxygen and RP-1
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gptkbp:has_programs
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X-plane program
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gptkbp:has_units
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gptkb:3
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gptkbp:height
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3.81 m
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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North American X-15
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:NASA_space_shuttle_program
gptkb:Boeing's_CST-100_Starliner
gptkb:Space_X's_Falcon_9
gptkb:Virgin_Galactic's_Space_Ship_Two
gptkb:Blue_Origin's_New_Shepard
gptkb:NASA's_X-15_program
aerospace engineering
high-speed flight research
manned space missions
modern aerospace engineering
rocket design
modern spaceflight
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gptkbp:length
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15.24 m
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gptkbp:manufacturer
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gptkb:North_American_Aviation
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gptkbp:max_speed
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Mach 6.72
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gptkbp:max_takeoff_weight
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15,000 lb
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gptkbp:notable_achievement
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first manned flight to the edge of space
first aircraft to reach Mach 6
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gptkbp:notable_pilots
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gptkb:Richard_Gordon
gptkb:David_Scott
gptkb:Franklin_Chang-Diaz
gptkb:Gordon_Cooper
gptkb:Alan_Shepard
gptkb:Charles_Duke
gptkb:John_Young
gptkb:Eugene_Cernan
gptkb:Robert_L._Crippen
gptkb:Charles_D._Gemar
gptkb:Neil_Armstrong
gptkb:Frank_Borman
gptkb:Robert_Crippen
gptkb:Chuck_Yeager
gptkb:Richard_Truly
gptkb:Robert_White
gptkb:Thomas_Stafford
gptkb:Jim_Lovell
gptkb:Joe_Engle
gptkb:Fred_Haise
gptkb:William_J._
gptkb:John_Lounge
gptkb:Charles_Bolden
gptkb:M._Scott_Carpenter
gptkb:Charles_Bassett
gptkb:John_Mc_Kay
Charles
Fred Ascani
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gptkbp:number_built
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gptkb:3
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gptkbp:operational_range
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50 miles altitude
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gptkbp:purpose
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gptkb:research
research and testing
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gptkbp:record
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highest altitude for a manned aircraft
highest speed for a manned aircraft
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gptkbp:retired
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gptkb:1970
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gptkbp:retirement
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gptkb:1970
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gptkbp:role
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Research aircraft
suborbital and orbital flight research
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gptkbp:service
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Mach 4.0
aircraft to reach Mach 5
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gptkbp:service_ceiling
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107,000 ft
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gptkbp:significance
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pioneering hypersonic flight
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gptkbp:significant_event
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first flight to exceed 100 km altitude
first flight to exceed Mach 5
first flight to exceed Mach 6
completion of the X-15 program
final landing of the X-15
first flight of the X-15
last flight of the X-15
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gptkbp:speed
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Mach 4.0
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Space_Shuttle
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gptkbp:top_speed
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Mach 6.72
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gptkbp:used_by
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gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkb:NASA
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gptkbp:used_for
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high-speed flight research
aerodynamic research
hypersonic flight research
spaceflight research
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gptkbp:weight
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8,000 lb
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gptkbp:wingspan
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8.38 m
8.36 m
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:X-15_Flight_11
gptkb:X-15_Flight_15
gptkb:X-15_Flight_17
gptkb:X-15_Flight_23
gptkb:X-15_Flight_26
gptkb:X-15_Flight_4
gptkb:X-15_Flight_42
gptkb:X-15_Flight_46
gptkb:Muroc_Army_Air_Field
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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