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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Neufeld, Michael J., 1951- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780262350457