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The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space with Michelle Evans (2x31)

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With the Soviet Union's launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights as Americans feared losing the race into space. This presentation tells the little-known story of the hypersonic X-15 which opened the way into human controlled spaceflight. Also discussed are the 12 men who guided it into space, and all the people who kept it flying for nearly a decade.