# X-15 Aloft. First Free Flight Of Manned Space Plane, 1959/06/11

Edwards AFB B-52 takes X-15 aloft under its wing, is "cut loose over Mojave Desert" landed by Scott Crossfield (2) Connecticut - Groton CT launch of USS George Washington Polaris sub (partial newsreel)

- Kind: Newsreel
- Year: 1959
- Genres: Space, History, News
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/1959-06-11_X-15_Aloft)
- Licence or status: [Public domain (Creative Commons dedication)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/1959-06-11_X-15_Aloft?play=1)