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The X-15 rocket plane : flying the first wings into space
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Title
The X-15 rocket plane : flying the first wings into space / Michelle Evans ; foreword by Joe H. Engle.
ISBN
9780803228405 (cloth : alk. paper)
0803228406 (cloth : alk. paper)
Publication
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2013]
Physical Description
xxv, 450 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 23, 2013
Series
Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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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