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Here’s a concise history of the X-15<\/a>, the first rocketplane to reach space: Suborbital Spaceplane – Greg Kennedy\/CitizensInSpace.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a concise history of the X-15, the first rocketplane to reach space: Suborbital Spaceplane – Greg Kennedy\/CitizensInSpace.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rockets","category-space-systems"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-u0","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9513,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=9513","url_meta":{"origin":1860,"position":0},"title":"Bristol Spaceplanes crowd-funding campaign","author":"TopSpacer","date":"December 22, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"The UK's\u00a0Bristol Spaceplanes\u00a0is running a crowd-funding campaign to raise\u00a0\u00a310,000 to fund\u00a0design work and \u00a0to buildscale flying models for their suborbital Ascender\u00a0spaceplane\u00a0and the \u00a0SpaceCab and\u00a0SpaceBus two-stage horizontal takeoff and landing systems:\u00a0Bristol Spaceplanes, a Business project from Frome, Somerset Crowdfunding on Crowdfunder.co.uk http:\/\/youtu.be\/z1erRxjsYY4","rel":"","context":"In "DIY space"","block_context":{"text":"DIY space","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/z1erRxjsYY4\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2114,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=2114","url_meta":{"origin":1860,"position":1},"title":"Video: News report on JP Aerospace flight for KLM","author":"TopSpacer","date":"May 5, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a local news report about the JP Aerospace flight sponsored by KLM, which was running a contest to provide a ticket for a ride on a XCOR Lynx suborbital spaceplane to the person who submitted the closest estimate for the altitude where the balloon burst: JPA News Story on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Contests and Games"","block_context":{"text":"Contests and Games","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?cat=16"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/UUZYAlrb9HjJQFWS7z_HObSg\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1435,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1435","url_meta":{"origin":1860,"position":2},"title":"Spacevidcast 6.09: XCOR’s new piston rocket engine","author":"TopSpacer","date":"March 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Spacevidcast posts the latest live episode, which included guest Andrew Nelson from XCOR Aerospace who talked about the\u00a0tests of their piston rocket engine, the\u00a0Lynx suborbital spaceplane and other topics: XCOR\u2019s new Piston Rocket Engine \u2013 6.09 - Spacevidcast http:\/\/youtu.be\/bb6d4FhKPpQ ************************** Shop Amazon Gold Box - New Deals. 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