The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings Into Space

by Michelle L. Evans and Michelle Evans

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496229843
• ISBN13: 9781496229847
• Release Date: May 2022
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"