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Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties

To commemorate the momentous 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering journey into space on 12th April 2011, a series of five books — to be published annually — will explore this half...

Essays on the History of Rocketry and Astronautics

Exploring Space

Throughout history, people have tried to understand Earth’s place in the universe and what else, if anything, is ‘out there’. This common human curiosity has led to great discoveries, from...

Building Hitler’s Missiles

Boeing. The complete story / Боинг. История компании.

Today, Boeing is the premier aircraft builder in the US and one of the biggest aerospace constructors in the world. To the public Boeing is inextricably linked with some of the greatest names in aircraft...

Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

The dream of flight is one of the oldest in human history. We read about it in ancient Greek mythology and visualize it through Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of flying machines. The Book of Flight traces...

Cave of the Winds

The huge Langley Full-Scale Tunnel building dominated the skyline of Langley Air Force Base for 81 years (1930–2011). The Full-Scale Tunnel was constructed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...

Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space

The technologies for the reentry and recovery from space might change over time, but the challenge remains one of the most important and vexing in the rigorous efforts to bring spacecraft and their crews and...

A-1: The First French Satellite

«26 ноября 1965 года с момента полета первой французской РН «Диамант» Франция стала — после СССР и США —...

After Sputnik50 Years of the Space Age

Crossbow and Overcast

Двадцать лет прошло со времён «Дня Д», эта книга об истории двух из самых важных секретных операций II мировой...

Air Force Space Command — 50 Years of Space & Missles

Defining NASA The Historical Debate Over The Agency’s Mission

Описание: Most people know that NASA is the agency of the United States that pursues space activities. Though sounding simple enough, this statement can lead to pitfalls just like in moving mountains....

All About History: History of NASA 2nd Edition

America’s First Rocket Company: Reaction Motors, Inc.

America’s First Rocket Company is the story of Reaction Motors, Inc. (RMI), the U.S.’s first liquid-propellant rocket company. Founded in December, 1941 following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, with...

American X-Vehicles An_ Inventory X-1 to X-50

Animals in Space_From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle

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Apollo 1 and the Space Shuttle Challenger:The History of NASA’s Two Most Notorious Disasters

Apollo in PerspectiveSpaceflight Then and Now

This book takes a retrospective look at the Apollo space program and the technology that was used to land a man on the Moon. Jonathan Allday’s aims are to explain the basic physics and technology of...

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Preliminary Science Report

NASA TM X-58173/International cooperation was the keynote of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. In the 3 y ears since the project was initiated in the U.S. — U .S .S .R. Agreement Concerning Cooperation in...