Ignition! The rocket engine kicks in for X-15 number two. The white patches in the middle of the aircraft, according to NASA, are frost from the liquid oxygen used in the propulsion system. (Liquid nitrogen, meanwhile, served to cool areas including the nose and cockpit.) The XLR-99 engine could reach nearly 60,000 pounds of thrust.
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