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The X-15 rocket plane : flying the first wings into space / Michelle Evans ; foreword by Joe H. Engle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Evans, Michelle, 1955-
- Series:
- Outward odyssey.
- People's history of spaceflight
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aerodynamics, Hypersonic--Research--United States--History.
- Aerodynamics, Hypersonic.
- Research aircraft--United States.
- Research aircraft.
- X-15 (Rocket aircraft).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (480 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With the Soviet Union's launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. The X-15 Rocket Plane tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that met this challenge and opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight. Drawing on interviews with those who were there, Michelle Evans captures the drama and excitement of, yes, rocket science: how to handle the heat generated at speeds up to Mach 7, how to make a rocket propulsion system that could throttle, and how to s
- Contents:
- The whole nine yards
- A record high
- Gaining speed
- Naval engagement
- Changing course
- Straight and steady
- Skipping out
- On a roll
- Inconel meets celluloid
- Fastest man alive
- Chasing experiments
- In the line of duty
- Snow at Edwards.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781496211682
- 1496211685
- 9780803246843
- 0803246846
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