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Beyond Earth : a chronicle of deep space exploration, 1958-2016

Asif A. Siddiqi, Author ; United States. NASA History Program Office, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2018

This book is a chronicle of our attempts to send these robotic travelers beyond Earth orbit, to the Moon, to other planets and their moons, to the Sun, to comets, to minor planets, to dwarf planets, and ultimately beyond the solar system. This r[...]

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Remembering the space age

Steven J. Dick | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2008

From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.

Aiming for the stars : the dreamers and doers of the space age

Tom D. Crouch | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Institution Press | 1999

"Aiming for the stars" explores the motivations, goals, trials, and triumphs of the people who pioneered "the fearful void" of space. Tracing the idea of space exploration to the sixteenth century, Tom D. Crouch describes its emergence from the [...]

Journey beyond Selene : remarkable expeditions past our moon and to the ends of the solar system

Jeffrey Kluger | [S.l.] : Simon & Schuster | 1999

In "Journey beyond Selene", Jeffrey Kluger brings to life an unheralded band of cutting-edge space explorers with their own stunning brand of the right stuff. He has written an adventure story that is full of drama, danger, and triumph -the stor[...]

Space transportation : past, present, and future

[S.l.] : NASA | 1998

Space medicine in Project Mercury

Mae Mills Link | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 1965

Project Mercury was the first American laboratory in which man was able to test his physiological capabilities to withstand the hostile forces of the extraterrestrial environment for longer than a few second.Indeed, from the viewpoint of environ[...]

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