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The X-15 Rocket Plane

- Flying the First Wings into Space
Af: Michelle Evans Engelsk Hardback

The X-15 Rocket Plane

- Flying the First Wings into Space
Af: Michelle Evans Engelsk Hardback
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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. 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—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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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 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—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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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 480
ISBN-13: 9780803228405
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0803228406
Kategori: United States of America, USA
Udg. Dato: 1 jun 2013
Længde: 38mm
Bredde: 228mm
Højde: 165mm
Forlag: University of Nebraska Press
Oplagsdato: 1 jun 2013
Forfatter(e): Michelle Evans
Forfatter(e) Michelle Evans

Kategori United States of America, USA

ISBN-13 9780803228405

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 480

Udgave

Længde 38mm

Bredde 228mm

Højde 165mm

Udg. Dato 1 jun 2013

Oplagsdato 1 jun 2013

Forlag University of Nebraska Press

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