The X-15 Rocket Plane : Flying the First Wings into Space
by Evans, Michelle
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About This Item
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket xxv + 450pp., b/w plates, sources, index, 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
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- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
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- Title
- The X-15 Rocket Plane : Flying the First Wings into Space
- Author
- Evans, Michelle
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln
- Date Published
- 2007
- Size
- octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Space Exploration;
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