X-15 : extending the frontiers of flight / Dennis R. Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Jenkins, Dennis R., author.

Contributor:

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, issuing body.

Series:

NASA SP (Series) ; 2007-9-001-HQ.

NASA/SP ; 2007-9-001-HQ

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

X-15 (Rocket aircraft)--History.

X-15 (Rocket aircraft).

Aerodynamics, Hypersonic--Research--United States--History.

Aerodynamics, Hypersonic.

Aerodynamics, Hypersonic--Research.

United States.

Genre:

Online resources.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 681 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Washington D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Headquarters, [2007]

Summary:

The X-15 was the ultimate "X" vehicle. Built in the 1950s, she became the fastest and highest-flying winged aircraft of its time. During 199 flights from 1959 through 1968, she collected data about hypersonic flight that was invaluable to aeronautics and to developers of the space shuttle. This book describes the genesis of the program, the design and construction of the aircraft, years of research flights and the experiments that flew aboard them.-publisher description.

Contents:

Foreword / William H. Dana

Rockets over the high desert

A new science

A hypersonic research airplane

Conflict and innovation

The million-horsepower engine

High range and dry lakes

Preparations

The flight program

The research program

Selected biographies. Michael J. Adams ; Neil A. Armstrong ; John V. Becker ; Paul F. Bikle ; A. Scott Crossfield ; William H. Dana ; Hugh L. Dryden ; Joe H. Engle ; Charles H. Feltz ; Iven C. Kincheloe, Jr. ; William J. Knight ; John A. Manke ; John B. McKay ; Forrest S. Peterson ; Robert A. Rushworth ; Hartley A. Soulé ; Harrison A. Storms, Jr. ; Milton O. Thompson ; Joseph A. Walker ; Alvin S. White ; Robert M. White ; Walter C. Williams

Flight log

Physical characteristics of the X-15 airplane.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2017.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (NASA, viewed May 26, 2017).

Other Format:

Print version: Jenkins, Dennis R. X-15

OCLC:

971626369

Access Restriction:

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