Fourth Conference on Progress of the X-15 Research Airplane Program
Author | : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : X-15 (Rocket plane) |
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Author | : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : X-15 (Rocket plane) |
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Author | : United States. Air Force |
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Total Pages | : 139 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : X-15 (Rocket aircraft) |
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Author | : Dennis R. Jenkins |
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Total Pages | : 712 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Science |
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1. A new science / 2. A hypersonic research airplane / 3. Conflict and innovation / 4. The million-horsepower engine / 5. High range and dry lakes / 6. Preparations / 7. The flight program / 8. The research program.
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Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1965 |
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The overall status of the X-15 program is reviewed and program plans for future flights are considered. Since the initiation of the flight program, approximately 150 flights have been performed over a broad altitude and Mach number range. This paper presents background information on the basic research studies and test-bed experiments to be presented at this Conference and reviews the operational problems encountered since the 1961 Conference on the X-15. A comprehensive bibliography of reports resulting from the X-15 program, arranged according to subject matter, is included.
Author | : John Anderson |
Publisher | : Quarto Publishing Group USA |
Total Pages | : 145 |
Release | : 2014-02-15 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1610589270 |
The concise illustrated history of the first space plane, featuring exclusive photographs. The exciting story of the X-15—the iconic rocket plane of the Cold War space race is recounted by John Anderson, curator of aerodynamics at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. This experimental space plane was on the cutting edge of hypersonic aerodynamics, and its winged reentry from space foreshadowed the development of the Space Shuttle decades later. Launched from the wing of a modified B-52 bomber—again foretelling a concept that would be used decades later, in this case by SpaceShipOne and SpaceShipTwo—the ship rocketed higher and faster than any manned aircraft of the time. Designed to approach seven times the speed of sound, it was the first hypersonic aircraft ever created and was engineered to function both in the Earth’s atmosphere and at the edge of space. Illustrated with period NASA and USAF photographs, as well as exclusive Smithsonian photography of the first of three X-15s built, X-15 captures the risks and dangers of the X-15 program as Anderson follows the test pilots (including Neil Armstrong) who pushed the very limits of their piloting skills to master groundbreaking experimental technology. Even with the fatal crash of the third X-15, the overall success of the program helped pave the way for NASA to continue to the Moon—and this is the definitive, expertly curated, and beautifully illustrated account of its development. Praise for X-15 “[X-15] lays out the case for why the X-15 was and continues to be such an important aircraft. This book makes the reader want to visit the National Air and Space Museum and view the X-15 up-close in a whole new light, in which its aerospace accomplishments rank alongside other distinguished aircraft on display at the museum.” —DefenseMediaNetwork.com “The authors have crafted an excellent introductory story for this aircraft. This book is a good read and I can highly recommend it to anyone who wants to start to learn about this most remarkable airplane.” —International Plastic Modelers Society
Author | : Michelle Evans |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 484 |
Release | : 2022-05 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1496229843 |
The story of the X-15, the pioneering research flight program in the fifties and sixties, and its pilots.
Author | : Milton O. Thompson |
Publisher | : Smithsonian Institution |
Total Pages | : 426 |
Release | : 2013-08-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1588343863 |
In At the Edge of Space, Milton O. Thompson tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft ever flown. The first full-length account of the X-15 program, the book profiles the twelve test pilots (Neil Armstrong, Joe Engle, Scott Crossfield, and the author among them) chosen for the program. Thompson has translated a highly technical subject into readable accounts of each pilot's participation, including many heroic and humorous anecdotes and highlighting the pilots' careers after the program ended in 1968.
Author | : Conference on the Progress of the X-15 Project |
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Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 1961 |
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Author | : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : North American airplanes (Military aircraft) |
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