The X-15 rocket plane: flying the first wings into space
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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Evans, Michelle 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Lincoln University of Nebraska Press [2013]
Series:Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight
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Online Access:FAW01
FAW02
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
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 -- Afterword
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 thrott
ISBN:0803246846
9780803246843
1299405851
9781299405851
9780803228405
0803228406

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