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The Penguin book of outer space exploration : NASA and the incredible story of human spaceflight edited by John Logsdon ; foreword by Bill Nye

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Penguin Classics, c2018.Description: xviii, 374 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 9780143129950
Other title:
  • Book of outer space exploration
  • Outer space exploration
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.450973 PE NG
Online resources: Summary: "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"--
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Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Date due Barcode
REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 629.450973 PE NG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Mar2020 T0063928

Includes bibliographical references.

"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"--

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