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Spaceflight : A Concise History /
The author presents a history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight in the twenty-first century. Spaceflight is one of the great human achievements of the twentieth century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satell...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, MA :
The MIT Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | The author presents a history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight in the twenty-first century. Spaceflight is one of the great human achievements of the twentieth century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957; less than twelve years later, the American Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon. In this volume, the author maps the spectrum of activities that humans have developed in space. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (248 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780262350457 |