The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space

Michelle Evans is the founder and president of Mach 25 Media (www.Mach25Media.com) and is a writer, photographer, and communications specialist in aerospace. She has written the book The X-15 Rocket Plane, Flying the First Wings into Space, published by the University of Nebraska Press in 2013 as part of their Outward Odyssey, People's History of Spaceflight series. Ms. Evans has written articles that have appeared in numerous publications, including Air & Space Smithsonian, Ad Astra, and The New York Times. She has had feature stories about her life in both Time and Newsweek magazines. Michelle was a technical consultant on the Neil Armstrong biopic “First Man,” and has consulted with National Geographic television for the documentary “The Real Right Stuff.”

Abstract: “The X-15 Rocket Plane: Flying the First Wings into Space” With the Soviet Union’s launch of the first Sputnik satellite in 1957, the Cold War soared to new heights…