U.S. Space-Launch Vehicle Technology : Viking to Space Shuttle /

For nearly 50 years, a wide range of missiles and rockets has propelled U.S. satellites and spacecraft into the sky. This 2-volume work traces the evolution of this technology, from Robert Goddard's research in the 1920s through the development of the Titan missiles and launch vehicles in the 1...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hunley, J. D., 1941-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida, 2008.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lanceurs (Astronautique) > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Fuseologie > États-Unis > Histoire.
Navettes spatiales > États-Unis > Histoire.
Space shuttles.
Rocketry.
Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
Space shuttles > United States > History.
Rocketry > United States > History.
Launch vehicles (Astronautics) > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Viking and Vanguard, 1945-1959
  • Thor-Delta family of space-launch vehicles, 1958-1990
  • Atlas space-launch vehicle and its upper stages, 1958-1990
  • Scout Family of space-launch vehicles, 1956-1990
  • Saturn I through Saturn V, 1958-1975
  • Titan space-launch vehicles, 1961-1990
  • Space shuttle, 1972-1991
  • Art of rocket engineering
  • App. Notable technological achievements.

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