The Right Stuff

Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA.
December 10, 1963.
Colonel Charles « Chuck » Yeager is testing the new NF-104A prototype, a fighter jet modified as an aerospace trainer that serves to help open the door to manned space flight, as future astronauts could experience high altitude and zero G training. In the morning of December 10, Yeager took the NF-104A up to 108,700 feet. It’s now 2 pm and he is ready for his second zoom climb of the day… This is a true story.