LIBRARY

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Original Sin : power, technology, and war in outer space

Bleddyn E. Bowen, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2023

Space technology was developed to enhance the killing power of the state. The Moon landings and the launch of the Space Shuttle were mere sideshows, drawing public attention away from the real goal: military and economic control of space as a so[...]

Amazing stories of the space age : true tales of Nazis in orbit, soldiers on the moon, orphaned martian robots, and other fascinating accounts from the annals of spaceflight /

Rod Pyle, Author | [S.l.] : Prometheus Books | 2017

Reveals the most unusual space missions ever devised inside and outside of NASA during a time when nothing was too odd to be taken seriously, and the race to the moon and the threat from the Soviet Union trumped all other considerations.

Le nouvel age spatial : de la guerre froide au New Space

Xavier Pasco, Author | [S.l.] : CNRS Editions | 2017

Interkosmos

Colin Burgess, Author ; Bert Vis, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2016

This title focuses on the Interkosmos programme, which was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, in the study and exploration of space. The chapters shed light on the spac[...]

Spaceships : an illustrated history of the real and the imagined /

Ron Miller, Author | [S.l.] : Smithsonian Books | 2016

"An illustrated guide to real and imagined spaceships, and how popular culture influenced the development of each"--Provided by publisher.

Rockets and revolution : a cultural history of early spaceflight /

Michael G. Smith, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | 2014

'Rockets and Revolution' offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the twentieth century, examining how the Russian, European, and American pioneers competed against one another in the early years to acquire the f[...]

Space flight : history, technology, and operations /

Lance K. Erickson, Author | Lanham, Md. : Government Institutes | 2010

The Wright stuff : the century of effort behind your ticket to space

D.A. Webber, Author ; Buzz Aldrin, Author of introduction, etc. | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | 2010

Live from the Moon : film, television and the space race

Michael Allen | [S.l.] : I.B. Tauris | 2009

Project Vanguard : the NASA history

Constance McLaughlin Green, Author ; Milton Lomask, Author | [S.l.] : Dover Publications | 2009

Vanguard: a history, this award-winning book deals with the origin, course of development, and results of the first American earth satellite project. Primarily an analysis of the scientific and technical problems in this pioneering venture in th[...]

Space travel and culture : from Apollo to space tourism

Martin Parker, Editor ; David Bell, Editor | [S.l.] : Wiley-Blackwell/Sociological Review | Sociological review monographs | 2009

To a distant day : the rocket pioneers /

Chris Gainor, Author | [S.l.] : University of Nebraska Press | Outward odyssey : a people's history of spaceflight | 2008

Offers a complete and thoroughly compelling account of humanity's determined efforts, sometimes poignant, sometimes amazing, sometimes made to leave the earth behind. An account of humanity's efforts to leave the earth behind, Chris Gainor's na[...]

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.

Praxis manned spaceflight log 1961-2006

David Shayler, Author ; Michael D. Shayler, Author ; Tim Furniss, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

This book is a comprehensive guide to all the space missions, from Gagarin to the ISS and the latest Chinese Shenzhou missions. A chronological sequence of orbital flights includes facts on the sub-orbital and ballistics flights that are a funda[...]

Spacecraft technology : the early years

Mark Williamson, Author | [S.l.] : Institution of Electrical Engineers | IEE history of technology series | 2006

Following a chapter on the pre-history of space exploration and another on the development of rocketry, the book covers the early development of space science satellites, Earth observation satellites, communications satellites, lunar probes and [...]

Space race : superpowers, secrets and soaring ambition

British Broadcasting Corporation. ; National Geographic Channel (Television station : Washington, D.C.) | [S.l.] : BBC | 2005

This is the shocking but true story behind one of the most exciting and exhilarating times in history. It begins in the bloody throes of the Second World War and spans through to the moon landings: tracing the race to create the most powerful ro[...]

Leaving Earth : space stations, rival superpowers, and the quest for interplanetary travel

Robert Zimmerman | [S.l.] : The Joseph Henry Press | 2003

The book received the EMME Award in 2003.

Leaving Earth : space stations, rival superpowers, and the quest for interplanetary travel

Robert Zimmerman | [S.l.] : The Joseph Henry Press | 2003

The book received the EMME Award in 2003.

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History of rocketry and astronautics : proceedings of the 28th and 29th history symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, Jerusalem, Israel, 1994 and Oslo, Norway, 1995

Christophe Rothmund, Editor ; Donald C. Elder, Editor | [S.l.] : Univelt | AAS history series | 2001

Imagining space : achievements, predictions, possibilities : 1950-2050

Roger D. Launius ; Howard E. McCurdy ; Ray Bradbury | [S.l.] : Chronicle Books | 2001

In 1949, in the provocative book "The conquest of space", Hollywood special effects artist Chesley Bonestell depicted how the Moon and planets might appear to the first explorers of these new worlds. His renditions, and those of fiction writers,[...]

Into the final frontier : the human exploration of space

Bernard McNamara, Author | [S.l.] : Harcourt College Publishers | 2000

The book discusses the scientific results of manned space flight while also examining the cultural, military, and political factors that influenced these achievements.

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 [...]

Brevia storia della conquista dello spazio

Daniele Bedini ; Roberto Pinotti | [S.l.] : Bompiani | Saggi Tascabili | 1998

History of rocketry and astronautics : proceedings of the 27th history symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, Graz, Austria, 1993

Philippe Jung, Editor ; Donald C. Elder, Editor | [S.l.] : Univelt | AAS history series | 1998

This new ocean : a history of Project Mercury

Loyd S. Jr. Swenson ; James M. Grimwood ; Charles C. Alexander | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 1998

A classic history of the first American human space flight effort, Project Mercury, this book was first published in 1966 and is still much in demand. In addition to providing a policy and institutional history of this major NASA mission, "This [...]

History of rocketry and astronautics : proceedings of the 26th history symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, Washington, D. C., U. S. A., 1992

Philippe Jung, Editor ; Donald C. Elder, Editor | [S.l.] : Univelt | AAS history series | 1997

Space : the future in the past. Antiquariato spaziale : Lingotto-Torino 6-10 ottobre 1997

Alberto Bolaffi ; Piero Gondolo della Riva | Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | 1997

Making sense of space : the history of Norwegian space activities

John Peter Collett | [S.l.] : Scandinavian University Press | 1995

From ship to shuttle : NASA Orbiter-naming program, September 1988-May 1989

[S.l.] : NASA | 1991

History of rocketry and astronautics : proceedings of the third through sixth history symposia of the International Academy of Astronautics

Cargill R. Hall | [S.l.] : Univelt | AAS history series | 1989