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Author : Eric Burgess
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1993-03-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 0231501315
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Author : Umberto Cavallaro
Publisher : Springer
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319921532
The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times. The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies. This book will show how beneath these surface similarities, the two competing nations employed very different core tactics. It provides a new perspective of the history of the space race by analyzing that history through philately - that is, from the images on postage stamps, post cards, and letters in circulation at that time. Through this fascinating historical visual record, the author shows how the propaganda-heavy approach of the USSR eventually lost out to the more pragmatic approach of the United States.
Author : Roger D Launius
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300245165
Fifty years after the Moon landing, a new history of the space race explores the lives of both Soviet and American engineers At the dawn of the space age, technological breakthroughs in Earth orbit flight were both breathtaking feats of ingenuity and disturbances to a delicate global balance of power. In this short book, aerospace historian Roger D. Launius concisely and engagingly explores the driving force of this era: the race to the Moon. Beginning with the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957 and closing with the end of the Apollo program in 1972, Launius examines how early space exploration blurred the lines between military and civilian activities, and how key actions led to space firsts as well as crushing failures. Launius places American and Soviet programs on equal footing—following American aerospace engineers Wernher von Braun and Robert Gilruth, their Soviet counterparts Sergei Korolev and Valentin Glushko, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov—to highlight key actions that led to various successes, failures, and ultimately the American Moon landing.
Author : Paul D. Spudis
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781588345035
While the Moon was once thought to hold the key to space exploration, in recent decades, the U.S. has largely turned its sights toward Mars and other celestial bodies instead. In The Value of the Moon, lunar scientist Paul Spudis argues that the U.S. can and should return to the moon in order to remain a world leader in space utilization and development and a participant in and beneficiary of a new lunar economy. Spudis explores three reasons for returning to the Moon: it is close, it is interesting, and it is useful. The proximity of the Moon not only allows for frequent launches, but also control of any machinery we place there. It is interesting because recorded deep on its surface and in its craters is the preserved history of the moon, the sun, and indeed the entire galaxy. And finally, the moon is useful because it is rich with materials and energy. The moon, Spudis argues, is a logical base for further space exploration and even a possible future home for us all. Throughout his work, Spudis incorporates details about man's fascination with the moon and its place in our shared history. He also explores its religious, cultural, and scientific resonance and assesses its role in the future of spaceflight and our national security and prosperity.
Author : Jonathan H. Ward
Publisher : Springer
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783319177922
Thousands of workers labored at Kennedy Space Center around the clock, seven days a week, for half a year to prepare a mission for the liftoff of Apollo 11. This is the story of what went on during those hectic six months. Countdown to a Moon Launch provides an in-depth look at the carefully choreographed workflow for an Apollo mission at KSC. Using the Apollo 11 mission as an example, readers will learn what went on day by day to transform partially completed stages and crates of parts into a ready-to-fly Saturn V. Firsthand accounts of launch pad accidents, near misses, suspected sabotage, and last-minute changes to hardware are told by more than 70 NASA employees and its contractors. A companion to Rocket Ranch, it includes many diagrams and photographs, some never before published, to illustrate all aspects of the process. NASA’s groundbreaking use of computers for testing and advanced management techniques are also covered in detail. This book will demystify the question of how NASA could build and launch Apollo missions using 1960s technology. You’ll discover that there was no magic involved – just an abundance of discipline, willpower, and creativity.
Author : James Donovan
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780316341820
Learn why NASA astronaut Mike Collins calls this extraordinary space race story "the best book on Apollo": this inspiring and intimate ode to ingenuity celebrates one of the most daring feats in human history. When the alarm went off forty thousand feet above the moon's surface, both astronauts looked down at the computer to see 1202 flashing on the readout. Neither of them knew what it meant, and time was running out . . . On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to walk on the moon. One of the world's greatest technological achievements -- and a triumph of the American spirit -- the Apollo 11 mission was a mammoth undertaking involving more than 410,000 men and women dedicated to winning the space race against the Soviets. Set amid the tensions and upheaval of the sixties and the Cold War, Shoot for the Moon is a gripping account of the dangers, the challenges, and the sheer determination that defined not only Apollo 11, but also the Mercury and Gemini missions that came before it. From the shock of Sputnik and the heart-stopping final minutes of John Glenn's Mercury flight to the deadly whirligig of Gemini 8, the doomed Apollo 1 mission, and that perilous landing on the Sea of Tranquility -- when the entire world held its breath while Armstrong and Aldrin battled computer alarms, low fuel, and other problems -- James Donovan tells the whole story. Both sweeping and intimate, Shoot for the Moon is "a powerfully written and irresistible celebration" of one of humankind's most extraordinary accomplishments (Booklist, starred review).
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781465433411
The DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Washington, D.C. is your indispensable guide to this amazing part of the world. This fully updated guide will lead you straight to the best attractions Washington, D.C. has to offer. Go in-depth at the National Gallery and Smithsonian museums and get a street-by-street look at Washington, D.C.'s neighborhoods with 3-D aerial maps. This guide includes unique cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of the must-see sites, plus street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns. This new-look guide is also packed with photographs and illustrations that lead you straight to the best attractions. This uniquely visual DK Eyewitness Travel Guide will help you discover everything region-by-region, from Capitol Hill to Georgetown and everywhere in between. Detailed listings will guide you to the best hotels, restaurants, bars, and shops for all budgets, while detailed practical information will help you to get around, whether by train, bus, or car. Plus, DK's excellent insider tips and essential local information will help you explore every corner of Washington, D.C. effortlessly.
Author : Henry Harrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Lunar geography
ISBN : NYPL:33433087545368
Author : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Division
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Lunar probes
ISBN : UCAL:B4520754
Author : Gene Simmons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Lunar landing sites
ISBN : IND:30000036816282
The Apollo 17 mission is discussed and illustrated. Lunar surface and orbital experiments are briefly described, and results are outlined.
Author : Hamish Lindsay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781447102557
This is perhaps the most complete, detailed and readable story of manned space-flight ever published. The text begins with the historical origins of the dream of walking on the Moon, covers the earliest Mercury and Gemini flights and then moves on to the end of the Apollo era. In readable, fascinating detail, Hamish Lindsay - who was directly involved in all three programs - chronicles mankind's greatest adventure with a great narrative, interviews, quotes and masses of photographs, including some previously unpublished. In addition to bringing the history of these missions to life the book serves as a detailed reference for space enthusiasts and students.
Author : Michaela Gaaserud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 164838062X
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Electronic government information
ISBN : MINN:31951003088863H
Author : Andrew Chaikin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 721 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593511121
"The authoritative masterpiece" (L. A. Times) on the Apollo space program and NASA's journey to the moon This acclaimed portrait of heroism and ingenuity captures a watershed moment in human history. The astronauts themselves have called it the definitive account of their missions. On the night of July 20, 1969, our world changed forever when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon. Based on in-depth interviews with twenty-three of the twenty-four moon voyagers, as well as those who struggled to get the program moving, A Man on the Moon conveys every aspect of the Apollo missions with breathtaking immediacy and stunning detail. A Man on the Moon is also the basis for the acclaimed miniseries produced by Tom Hanks, From the Earth to the Moon, now airing and streaming again on HBO in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11.
Author : Donald A. Beattie
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780801872679
A former NASA scientist shares a behind-the-scenes history of the Apollo space program and the fight to include science activities in the missions. In 1961, President Kennedy set a goal of putting a man on the moon in order to assert American dominance in the escalating Cold War. The mission’s sole purpose was to beat the Soviets to the punch. So how did science get aboard the Apollo rockets? And what did scientists do with the space allotted to them? Donald A. Beattie served at NASA from 1963 to 1973 in several management positions, including as program manager of Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments. In Taking Science to the Moon, Beattie takes readers inside NASA headquarters and the struggle to include science payloads and lunar exploration as part of the Apollo program.