{"product_id":"the-x-15-rocket-plane-flying-the-first-wings-into-space-outward-odyssey-a-peoples-history-of-spaceflight-0803228406","title":"The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0803228406\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Evans, Michelle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the Soviet Unions 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51960333173024,"sku":"NEW0803228406","price":39.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-x-15-rocket-plane-flying-the-first-wings-into-space-outward-odyssey-a-peoples-history-of-spaceflight-0803228406","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}