Escaping the Bonds of Earth : The Fifties and the Sixties /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal:	Evans, Ben. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato:	eBook
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis, 2009.
Edición:	1st ed. 2009.
Colección:	Space Exploration
Materias:	Aerospace engineering. Astronautics. Astronomy. Astrophysics. Observations, Astronomical. Astronomy—Observations. Space sciences. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. Popular Science in Astronomy. Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).

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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