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Title:
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The X-15 rocket plane : flying the first wings into space /
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Authors:
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Michelle Evans, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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[S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press, 2013
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Series:
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Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-0-8032-2840-5
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Size:
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xxv, 450 p. / ill. / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-434) and index
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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TL789.8.U6X5
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Subjects:
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Aerodynamics, Hypersonic--Research--United States--History
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Research aircraft--United States
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X-15 (Rocket aircraft)
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Description:
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With the Soviet Union{u2019}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 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 Apollo 11 moon landing, thirty-one American astronauts had flown into space{u2014}eight of them astronaut-pilots of the X-15. The X-15 Rocket Plane restores these pioneers, and the others who made it happen, to their rightful place in the history of spaceflight
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Contents note:
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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
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