Patrick J Walsh

Echoes Among the Stars: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program

A Short History of the U.S. Space Program

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Produktbeschreibung

Walsh (literature and communications, Pace U., New York) offers a brief history of the technical triumphs of the space program and its effects on the scientific, social, and cultural history of the last half of the 20th century. Includes a dozen b&w historical photographs and a chronology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 162mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780765605375
• ISBN-10: 0765605376
• Artikelnr.: 22419401

Autorenporträt

Walsh, Patrick J.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 NASA Lifts Off: The 1950s
Chapter 2 Project Mercury: Setting the Sights
Chapter 3 Project Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon
Chapter 4 Apollo 1: Lives in Eclipse
Chapter 5 Apollo Before the Moon: Into The Light
Chapter 6 Apollo 11: Life on an Ancient World
Chapter 7 Apollo 12 and Apollo 13: Storms in Space
Chapter 8 Before the Short Day Ends: Apollo in Twilight
Chapter 9 Skylab: A Place in Space
Chapter 10 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: A Handshake Across the Heavens
Chapter 11 The 1970s: Journeys Without and Within
Chapter 12 Echoes: The Shuttle Era and Beyond