Star Bound : A Beginner's Guide To The American Space Program, From Goddard's Rockets To Goldilocks Planets And Everything In Between

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"Star Bound is a book for anyone who wants to learn about the American space program but isn't sure where to start. First and foremost, it's a history-short, sweet, and straightforward. From rocketry pioneer Robert Goddard's primitive flight tests in 1926 through the creation of NASA, from our first steps on the moon to construction of the International Space Station and planning a trip to Mars, readers will meet the people and projects that have...

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Outer space Exploration

SCIENCE / Space Science / Space Exploration

Space flight

Space flights

TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight

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ISBN:

9781496242075
9781496242068

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Electronic book
Electronic reproduction. Lincoln Nebraska 2025 Available via World Wide Web

Contents:

First principles
The wizard of Worcester
Rocketry and death
The SS major and the Suicide Squad : the all-time greatest space exploration playlist
A starting gun called Sputnik
The man who fell to Earth
Light this candle! The Mercury Program : eleven boffo space books to launch at your brain
Gemini's forgotten flights
The rise and fall of the American Astronaut : the best space stuff you can watch
Apollo and the first man on the Moon
Skylab and the renaissance of American science : NASA's coolest astronauts
Send more Chuck Berry : probes, rovers, and the golden record
The butterfly and the bullet : NASA's greatest missions
Sleeping with the Russians
False starts, missteps, and the promise of Artemis America's biggest space failures
The new space race
The commercialization of space eleven everyday benefits of the American space program
Curse you, Gene Roddenberry! The eleven best (and worst) rumors, riddles, and conspiracy theories about the American space program
Looking outward eleven fearless space predictions
The ultimate question : is it worth it?

Control Number:

3397031

Other Authors:

McCandless, Bruce, III, author
OverDrive, Inc., distributor
Overdrive

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