Amy Shira TeitelBreaking the Chains of Gravity
The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
Amy Shira Teitel is a lifelong space-history nerd who has turned her schoolgirl fascination with the Apollo missions into a career researching the minutiae of spaceflight's history. Amy started writing for the public with her blog, Vintage Space. She has also written for a number of other online and print publications including Discovery News Space, Al-Jazeera, The Guardian and Universe Today. She runs a thriving YouTube channel (also called Vintage Space), and has appeared on the Discovery channel, the Military channel, SyFy, and the Science channel, and she is a host on DNews, Discovery Channel's online daily news show. Amy was also an embedded journalist on the New Horizons team, bringing the excitement of humanity's first mission to Pluto to the space-loving public. @astVintageSpace
Preface
Chapter 1: Hobby Rocketeers
Chapter 2: The Rocket Loophole
Chapter 3: The Turning Tide of War
Chapter 4: Escape and Surrender
Chapter 5: Nazi Rockets in New Mexico
Chapter 6: Rockets Meet Airplanes
Chapter 7: A New War, a New Missile, and a New Leader
Chapter 8: Higher and Faster
Chapter 9: Edging into Hypersonics
Chapter 10: The Floating Astronaut
Chapter 11: Space Becomes an Option
Chapter 12: The First Satellite Race
Chapter 13: One Little Ball's Big Impact
Chapter 14: The Fight to Control Space
Epilogue: America Finds Its Footing in Space
Glossary of People
Glossary of Places and Organizations
Glossary of Rockets
Selected Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
Index
