{"id":245907,"date":"2021-12-03T13:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T13:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg"},"modified":"2023-03-18T12:00:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T16:00:59","slug":"december-3-1968","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-detail\/december-3-1968\/","title":{"rendered":"December 3, 1968"},"author":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nasa_hds_core_meta_l10n":"en-US","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_editor":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_article_contacts":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_topic":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_linked_locations":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_article_related_articles":[],"hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_id":"","hds_migrate_meta_pr_release_type":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_x":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_location_y":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_gallery_images":[],"nasa_hds_core_meta_video_cc_file_id":"","nasa_hds_core_meta_audio_cc_file_id":""},"media-tags":[],"read_time":1,"video_cc_url":"","audio_cc_url":"","credits":"","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""},"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href='https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=300\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"December 3, 1968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg 1041w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=300,235 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=768,601 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=1024,801 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=400,313 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=600,469 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=900,704 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Air Force Major William J. “Pete” Knight in his full-pressure flight suit, kneeling in front of X-15 no. 2 on NASA’s back ramp.  Knight would reach Mach 6.72 or 4,520 mph (7,274 km\/h), at 102,100 feet (31,120 m), on October 3, 1967, a speed record for the aircraft. He earned astronaut wings while flying the X-15, something which 8 of the 12 pilots in the program did.<strong>NASA Photo<br \/>\nECN-1025<\/strong><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Air Force Major William J. \u201cPete\u201d Knight in his full-pressure flight suit, kneeling in front of X-15 no. 2 on NASA\u2019s back ramp.<\/p>\n"},"alt_text":"December 3, 1968","media_type":"image","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","media_details":{"width":1041,"height":814,"file":"2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg","filesize":97469,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=150,150","width":150,"height":150,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1"},"medium":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=300,235","width":300,"height":235,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=300"},"medium_large":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=768,601","width":768,"height":601,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=1024"},"large":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=1024,801","width":1024,"height":801,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=1024"},"thumbnail-sm":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=50,50","width":50,"height":50,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=50&h=50&crop=1"},"thumbnail-md":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=100,100","width":100,"height":100,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=100&h=100&crop=1"},"thumbnail-lg":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=200,200","width":200,"height":200,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=200&h=200&crop=1"},"card-xsm":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=400,313","width":400,"height":313,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=400"},"card-sm":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=600,469","width":600,"height":469,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=600"},"card-md":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?resize=900,704","width":900,"height":704,"filesize":97469,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg?w=900"},"full":{"file":"250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg","width":1024,"height":801,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"credits":"","original_date":{"stamp":0,"display":""}},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/250592main_ECN-1025_full.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245907"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/attachment"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"media-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media-tags?post=245907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}