At the Edge of Space : The X-15 Flight Program
Book No. : 027400
Author: Thompson, Milton O.
ISBN: 1560981075
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Very Good
PublishingDate: 1992
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press
Availability: In Stock
Price: £27.50
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn with tiny nick to spine top, minor creasing to lower rear edge and traces of storage. 375pp.
This is the story of the aircraft development and testing regime which began in the 1950s by NASA to achieve hypersonic speeds as the prelude to space flight. With a Foreword by Neil Armstrong. Illustrated.