The X-15 rocket plane
Subtitle: flying the first wings into space
By: Michelle Evans ; foreword by Joe H. Engle
Series: Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight; Outward odyssey
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 450
ISBN-13: 9780803228405
Subjects: X-15 (Rocket aircraft); Research; Hypersonic Aerodynamics; Research aircraft; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-434) and index.
Table of contents: title: The whole nine yards; title: A record high; title: Gaining speed; title: Naval engagement; title: Changing course; title: Straight and steady; title: Skipping out; title: On a roll; title: Inconel meets celluloid; title: Fastest man alive; title: Chasing experiments; title: In the line of duty; title: Snow at Edwards.