The Edge of Space Approach#shorts #TheHistoryVault #DragonLady #SpaceEdge

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]the edge of space. Most commercial jets cruise at 35,000 [music] ft. The U-2 spy plane operates at double that altitude. Hold your speed steady, you're drifting slightly to the right.

[00:00:10]Correct now.

[00:00:13]Roger. Correcting for the wind. We have touchdown.

[00:00:17]At 70,000 ft, the U-2 flies in what pilots call the coffin corner. If it goes just a few knots too fast You don't just wear a uniform to fly a U-2.

[00:00:27]Because the air is so thin at its cruising altitude, pilots must wear full pressure space suits.

[00:00:32]>> 60 years of secrets.

[00:00:33]Built in the 1950s to spy on the Soviet Union, the U-2 was supposed to be obsolete decades ago. Yet,