X-15 Diary: The Story of America's First Space Ship by Richard Tregaskis, Albert Scott Crossfield

X-15 Diary: The Story of America's First Space Ship

Richard Tregaskis, Albert Scott Crossfield

329 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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Built of titanium and a chrome-nickel alloy known as Inconel X, the X-15 was the fastest plane ever built, streaking through the lower reaches of outer space even before the first space capsules reached orbit. First tested in 1959, the X-15 proved...

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