Roger D. Launius

The History of Space Exploration

Discoveries from the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future

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Produktbeschreibung

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, here is the first in-depth, fully illustrated history of space exploration.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 261mm x 222mm x 38mm
• Gewicht: 1822g
• ISBN-13: 9780500022023
• ISBN-10: 050002202X
• Artikelnr.: 53241631

Autorenporträt

Roger D. Launius has written or edited more than thirty books on aerospace history. Between 1990 and 2002 he served as chief historian of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). He then proceeded to work in several positions at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C., most recently as Associate Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Laying the Foundations for Space Exploration . 2. WWII Paves the Way for
Space Exploration . 3. Making Space Exploration Real . 4. The Space Age
Dawns . 5. The Race to the Moon . 6. New Nations/New Missions . 7.
Spaceplanes and Orbital Stations . 8. The Lure of the Red Planet . 9.
Beyond Mars . 10. Transterrestrial Expectations