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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 02/17/2003
ISBN: 9781588340788
Pages: 392
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.04w x 1.07d