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At the Edge of Space: The X-15 Flight Program

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.

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 392
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781588340788
  • Genres
  • history, aviation, space, technology
  • Release date
  • 2003