The X-15 rocket plane : flying the first wings into space /

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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. This book tells the enthralling (yet little-known) story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that met this challenge and opened th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Michelle, 1955- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Colección:Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight.
Temas:
X-15 (Rocket aircraft)
Research aircraft > United States.
Aerodynamics, Hypersonic > Research > United States > History.
Avions expérimentaux > États-Unis.
Aérodynamique hypersonique > Recherche > États-Unis > Histoire.
TRANSPORTATION > Aviation > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Aeronautics & Astronautics.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Aerodynamics, Hypersonic > Research
Research aircraft
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • 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.

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