The NASA archives : from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space /
original text by Piers Bizony ; essays by Andrew Chaikin and Dr. Roger Launius ; edited by: Nina Wiener.
Bok Engelsk 2019 · History.
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Omfang | 1 volume (various pagings) : : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; + in container 36 x 40 x 7 cm
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Opplysninger | "Excerpts featured throughout the book have been edited from the publications cited or from the Oral History Project conducted by the Johnson Space Center, which appear in this volume courtesy of NASA ... All NASA images courtesy of NASA unless otherwise noted below"--Colophon.. - For all humankind -- The rocket's red glare -- This new ocean -- Islands in the sky -- Pale blue dot -- The final frontier.. - To Infinity and Beyond Journey through the U.S. space program's fascinating pictorial history On October 1, 1958, the world's first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik a year earlier. Within a decade, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, universally known as NASA, had evolved from modest research teams experimenting with small converted rockets into one of the greatest technological and managerial enterprises everknown, capable of sending men to the moon.
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Emner | United States. . National Aeronautics and Space Administration - History
États-Unis. . National aeronautics and space administration. Astronautics - History - United States Space photography. Vis mer... |
Sjanger | History. : (OCoLC)fst01411628. - Illustrated works. : (OCoLC)fst01423873. - Pictorial works. : (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Geografisk emneord | United States. : (OCoLC)fst01204155
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ISBN | 3836569507. - 3836576341 (éd. complète). - 9783836569507. - 9783836576345 (éd. complète)
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