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Animals in Space From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle /

Many readers will doubtless be astonished to learn that animals were being fired aloft in U.S. and Soviet research rockets in the late 1940s. In fact most people not only believe that the Russian space dog Laika was the first canine to be launched into space, but also that the high-profile, precurso...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Burgess, Colin (Autor), Dubbs, Chris (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
Colección:Space Exploration,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo

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505 0 |a Taming the rockets: From wrath to research -- Holloman and the Albert Hall of Fame -- Pioneers of destiny: The suborbital dog flights -- High-altitude research -- Able and Baker lead the way -- The most famous dog in history -- Prelude to manned space flight -- Pioneers in a weightless world -- Biting the hand -- Cosmos/Bion: The age of the biosatellites -- End of an era -- Shuttling into space -- Epilogue. 
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