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Bold They Rise : The Space Shuttle Early Years, 1972-1986 /

After the Apollo program put twelve men on the moon and safely brought them home, anything seemed possible. In this spirit, the team at NASA set about developing the Space Shuttle, arguably the most complex piece of machinery ever created. The world's first reusable spacecraft, it launched like...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hitt, David, Smith, Heather R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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490 0 |a Outward odyssey. A people's history of spaceflight 
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