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F-104 F-104 Starfighter Lockheed F-104 Starfighter climbing into the upper atmosphere with the aid of an auxiliary rocket engine during astronaut training at Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S., in 1957.
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F-104 Starfighter
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter climbing into the upper atmosphere with the aid of an auxiliary rocket engine during astronaut training at Edwards Air Force Base, California, U.S., in 1957.
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Jacqueline Cochran
Jacqueline Cochran
American pilot
Kelly Johnson
American aeronautical engineer