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Spaceflight: a concise history

By NEUFELD , Michael J

Book information

Publisher
The MIT Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780262536332, 9780262350440, 0262536331
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
966 kB (989521 bytes)
Series
MIT Press essential knowledge series
Pages
xiii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

A concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today. Spaceflight is one of the greatest 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 of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Michael Neufeld offers a concise history of spaceflight, mapping the full spectrum of activities that humans have developed in space.;Introduction -- 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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