The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying The First Wings Into Space (outward Odyssey: A People's History Of Spaceflight)
by Michelle L. Evans /
2013 / English / EPUB
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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.
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
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.
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 safely
reenter the atmosphere from space and make a precision landing.
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 safely
reenter the atmosphere from space and make a precision landing.
This book puts a human face on the feats of science and
engineering that went into the X-15 program, many of them
critical to the development of the Space Shuttle. And, finally,
it introduces us to the largely unsung pilots of the X-15. By the
time of the
This book puts a human face on the feats of science and
engineering that went into the X-15 program, many of them
critical to the development of the Space Shuttle. And, finally,
it introduces us to the largely unsung pilots of the X-15. By the
time of theApollo 11
Apollo 11 moon landing, thirty-one American
astronauts had flown into space—eight of them astronaut-pilots of
the X-15.
moon landing, thirty-one American
astronauts had flown into space—eight of them astronaut-pilots of
the X-15.The X-15 Rocket Plane
The X-15 Rocket Plane restores these pioneers,
and the others who made it happen, to their rightful place in the
history of spaceflight.
restores these pioneers,
and the others who made it happen, to their rightful place in the
history of spaceflight.
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