Ebook: Spaceflight: a concise history
Author: Neufeld Michael J
- Tags: Astronautics, Astronautics--Russia (Federation), Astronautics--Soviet Union--History, Astronautics--United States--History, Manned space flight, Manned space flight--History, Space flight, Space flight--History, Space race, Space race--Soviet Union--History, Space race--United States--History, History, Space flight -- History, Astronautics -- United States -- History, Astronautics -- Soviet Union -- History, Astronautics -- Russia (Federation), Space race -- United States -- History, Space race -- Soviet Union -
- Series: MIT Press essential knowledge series
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: The MIT Press
- City: Russia (Federation);Soviet Union;United States
- Language: English
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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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