The Penguin book of outer space exploration : NASA and the incredible story of human spaceflight
2018
Book
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-- Provided by publisher.
Item Details
ISBN:
- 9780143129950
- 0143129953
Description: xviii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Other Title: NASA and the incredible story of human spaceflight
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
- Prologue: The dream of centuries
- Getting ready for space exploration
- First steps
- "One small step ... one giant leap"
- Steps toward an uncertain future
- Epilogue: the dream persists.
LCCN: 2018009281
Control Number: 2593553
Publisher: New York, NY : Penguin Books, [2018]