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.
Subjects:
Space race.
Space flight.
Manned space flight.
Astronautics.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Vol spatial habite > Histoire.
Conquête de l'espace > URSS > Histoire.
Conquête de l'espace > États-Unis > Histoire.
Astronautique > Russie.
Astronautique > États-Unis > Histoire.
Vol spatial > Histoire.
Manned space flight > History.
Space race > Soviet Union > History.
Space race > United States > History.
Astronautics > Russia (Federation)
Astronautics > Soviet Union > History.
Astronautics > United States > History.
Space flight > History.
United States.
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Spaceflight dreams and military imperatives
  • The Cold War space race
  • Space science and exploration
  • A global space infrastructure
  • Astroculture : spaceflight and the imagination
  • Human spaceflight after the cold war
  • Epilogue : the past and future of spaceflight.

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