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At the Edge of Space

by Milton O. Thompson
Neil A. Armstrong
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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.
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Publisher: Smithsonian

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  • Release date: August 6, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9781588343864
  • Release date: August 6, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9781588343864
  • File size: 23533 KB
  • Release date: August 6, 2013
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History Transportation Military Nonfiction

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English

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.
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History Transportation Military Nonfiction
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