The Skyrocket was the follow-up to the D-558-I Skystreak, a NASA aircraft developed in the 1940s to provide information about supersonic flight and its potential impact on both aircraft and pilot. The Skystreak would go on to live up to its name by reaching a new world record speed and then beating its own best time in the very same month, August 1947.
The D-558-II Skyrocket was rather a complex design challenge, as it also boasted (as its name implied) a rocket engine. It was equipped to achieve speeds greater than Yaeger had, with one crucial component being the LR87 engine that was equipped to the Skyrockets in the 1950s. LR87s would go on to be used in launch vehicles and Titan II missiles.
This further reinforced the Skyrocket’s purpose: To help usher in the era of flight at the kind of pace that space travel would require. After all, Earth escape velocity stands at approximately 25,031 mph. This is about Mach 32.6. Though the Skyrocket certainly didn’t hit that pace, it was the very first craft to make Mach 2, double the speed of sound.
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