The Penguin book of outer space exploration : NASA and the incredible story of human spaceflight
Title By: Logsdon, John [Edited by] | Nye, Bill [Foreword by]
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BookPublisher: London : Penguin Classics, c2018.Description: xviii, 374 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780143129950Other title: Book of outer space exploration | Outer space exploration.Subject(s): Manned space flight -- HistoryDDC classification: 629.450973 PE NG Online resources: Location Map
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"Using items in the NASA archive together with expert narrative guidance, this history of how Americans got to space begins with Wernher von Braun's vision for voyaging to Mars and ends with Elon Musk's contemporary plan to get there. It covers the founding of NASA, the first American astronauts in space, the moon landings, the Challenger disaster, and the Hubble Telescope repairs"--
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| REGULAR | University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection | 629.450973 PE NG (Browse shelf) | Available | Mar2020 | T0063928 |
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| 629.4109 SP AC Space race superpowers, secrets and soaring ambition / | 629.450092 HA FI First man : | 629.450092 PA SK The sky below | 629.450973 PE NG The Penguin book of outer space exploration : | 629.457 WI FL Flight into the future : | 629.457 WI FL Flight into the future : | 629.46 JA SM Small satellites, emerging technology and big opportunities : |
Includes bibliographical references.
• Prologue: The dream of centuries
• Getting ready for space exploration
• First steps
• "One small step ... one giant leap"
• Steps toward an uncertain future
• Epilogue: The dream persists.
"Using items in the NASA archive together with expert narrative guidance, this history of how Americans got to space begins with Wernher von Braun's vision for voyaging to Mars and ends with Elon Musk's contemporary plan to get there. It covers the founding of NASA, the first American astronauts in space, the moon landings, the Challenger disaster, and the Hubble Telescope repairs"--