Escaping the Bonds of Earth /

To commemorate the momentous 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering journey into space on 12th April 2011, a series of five books - to be published annually - will explore this half century, decade by decade, to discover how humanity's knowledge of flying, working and living in spac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: By Ben Evans
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
Colección:Springer Praxis books. Space exploration
Temas:
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration > History > 20th century.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration
1900-1999
Space flight > History > 20th century.
Astronautics > United States > History > 20th century.
Vol spatial > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Astronautique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Astronautics
Space flight
United States
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • From the East
  • The Vostok missions
  • Monkeys to Men
  • The Mercury missions
  • Space Spectaculars
  • The twin Voskhod missions
  • Pushing the Envelope
  • The Gemini missions
  • Disaster and Revival
  • The Soyuz 1 and Apollo 1 tragedies and aftermath
  • To the Moon
  • The United States' drive for the Moon, up to Apollo 14
  • At Home in Space
  • Soviet direction changes from lunar exploration to long-term space stations
  • Epilogue The progress of the human space program in the 1960s.

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