X-15 Flight 153

Engle
X-15 Flight 153 Chronology

  • 1965 Oct 14 - X-15A MIT,Pace transducer Test mission  Crew: Engle. Spacecraft: X-15A. Launch Site: Edwards. Launch Vehicle: X-15A. Apogee: 81 km (50 mi).

    Maximum Speed - 5718 kph. Maximum Altitude - 81230 m. Astronaut wings flight (USAF definition).

Bibliography and Further Reading
  • Guenther, Ben, Miller, Jay, and Panopalis, Terry,, North American X-15/X-15A-2, Aerofax, Arlington, Texas, 1985. ISBN: 0942548345. Comprehensive and technically excellent account of the X-15 program. More at amazon.com...
  • Furniss, Tim, Manned Spaceflight Log, Jane's, London, 1986. ISBN: 0710604025. Summary of all manned spaceflights up to 1986. Pre-Glasnost, so many 'war stories' of Soviet manned spaceflight are not included. More at amazon.com...
  • Miller, Ron, The Dream Machines, Krieger, Malabar, Florida, 1993. ISBN: 0894640399. Sensational chronological roundup of text, photos, and sketches of virtually every spacecraft and launch vehicle design every conceived but never built. A gold mine for space-struck baby boomers. More at amazon.com...
  • Zhelyez x-plane book, .
  • Thompson, M, The Edge of Space, (via Jonathon McDowell).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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