Bibliograph

Spaceflight, a concise history, Michael J. Neufeld

Type

Label

Spaceflight, a concise history, Michael J. Neufeld

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Spaceflight

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1029782648

Responsibility statement

Michael J. Neufeld

Series statement

The MIT Press essential knowledge series

Sub title

a concise history

Summary

A concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today. Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of the twentieth century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957; less than twelve years later, the American Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon. In this volume of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Michael Neufeld offers a concise history of spaceflight, mapping the full spectrum of activities that humans have developed in space

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- Spaceflight dreams and military imperatives -- The Cold War space race -- Space science and exploration -- A global space infrastructure -- Astroculture : spaceflight and the imagination -- Human spaceflight after the Cold War -- Epilogue : the past and future of spaceflight

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Space flight

Classification