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A NASA Monograph in Aerospace History. Contents: The Genesis of a Research Airplane; X-15 Design & Development; The Flight Research Program; The Legacy of the X-15; Resolution Adopted by NACA Committee on Aerodynamics; Signing the Memorandum of Understanding; Preliminary Outline Specification; Surveying the Dry Lakes; R&D Project Card -- Project 1226; X-15 Flight Designation System; Major Michael J. Adams Joins the Program; Astronaut Wings; & X-15 Program Flight Log. Illus.