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Author : Anthony J. Cipriano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (696 download)
Download or read book America's Journeys Into Space written by Anthony J. Cipriano and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Anthony J. Cipriano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780671330200
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (32 download)
Download or read book America's Journeys Into Space written by Anthony J. Cipriano and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents biographical sketches of American astronauts from Alan Shepard to Vance Brand and discusses the various space programs in which these men have participated.
Author : Lynn M. Homan
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738503530
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (35 download)
Download or read book Historic Journeys Into Space written by Lynn M. Homan and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The visual history of one of man's greatest challenge's, the exploration of space, is presented here through the use of photographs taken by amateurs, astronauts and on-board cameras. These images, drawn from the archives of NASA and coupled with detailed captions, provide a firsthand glimpse of the struggles and triumphs of the space program.
Author : Bruce C. Murray
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780393307030
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Journey Into Space written by Bruce C. Murray and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1990 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena surveys the history of America's unmanned space program, and looks at the issues and technical challenges that it faced
Author : Akbar Ahmed
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0815704402
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (157 download)
Download or read book Journey into America written by Akbar Ahmed and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly seven million Muslims live in the United States today, and their relations with non-Muslims are strained. Many Americans associate Islam with figures such as Osama bin Laden, and they worry about “homegrown terrorists.” To shed light on this increasingly important religious group and counter mutual distrust, renowned scholar Akbar Ahmed conducted the most comprehensive study to date of the American Muslim community. Journey into America explores and documents how Muslims are fitting into U.S. society, placing their experience within the larger context of American identity. This eye-opening book also offers a fresh and insightful perspective on American history and society. Following up on his critically acclaimed Journey into Islam: The Crisis of Globalization (Brookings, 2007), Ahmed and his team of young researchers traveled for a year through more than seventyfive cities across the United States—from New York City to Salt Lake City; from Las Vegas to Miami; from the large Muslim enclave in Dearborn, Michigan, to small, predominantly white towns like Arab, Alabama. They visited homes, schools, and over one hundred mosques to discover what Muslims are thinking and how they are living every day in America. In this unprecedented exploration of American Muslim communities, Ahmed asked challenging questions: Can we expect an increase in homegrown terrorism? How do American Muslims ofArab descent differ from those of other origins (for example, Somalia or South Asia)? Why are so many white women converting to Islam? How can a Muslim become accepted fully as an “American,” and what does that mean? He also delves into the potentially sticky area of relations with other religions. For example, is there truly a deep divide between Muslims and Jews in America? And how well do Muslims get along with other religious groups, such as Mormons in Utah? Journey into America is equal parts anthropological research, listening tour, and travelogue. Whereas Ahmed’s previous book took the reader into homes, schools, and mosques in the Muslim world, his new quest takes us into the heart of America and its Muslim communities. It is absolutely essential reading for anyone trying to make sense of America today.
Author : Gerry Bailey
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9781404810426
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (14 download)
Download or read book Journey Into Space written by Gerry Bailey and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2005 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the products used to explore space and explains how and why they were developed.
Author : Jerry Lynn Ross
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 1557536317
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (575 download)
Download or read book Spacewalker written by Jerry Lynn Ross and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The majority of this book is an insider's account of the US Space Shuttle program, including the unforgettable experience of launch, the delights of weightless living, and the challenges of constructing the International Space Station. Ross is a uniquely qualified narrator. During seven spaceflights, he spent 1,393 hours in space, including 58 hours and 18 minutes on nine space walks. Life on the ground is also described, including the devastating experiences of the Challenger and Columbia disasters. --
Author : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 528 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book NASA EP. written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robin Hanbury-Tenison
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500775672
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book The Great Journeys in History written by Robin Hanbury-Tenison and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marco Polo, Ferdinand Magellan, David Livingstone, Amelia Earhart, Neil Armstrong: these are some of the greatest travellers of all time. This book chronicles their stories and many more, describing epic voyages of discovery from the extraordinary migrations out of Africa by our earliest ancestors to the latest voyages into space. In antiquity, we follow Alexander the Great to the Indus and Hannibal across the Alps; in medieval times we trek beside Genghis Khan and Ibn Battuta. The Renaissance brought Columbus to the Americas and the circumnavigation of the world. The following centuries saw gaps in the global maps filled by Tasman, Bering and Cook, and journeys made for scientific purposes, most famously by von Humboldt and Darwin. In modern times, the last inhospitable ends of the earth were reached including both poles and the world's highest mountain and new elements were conquered. With evocative photographs, paintings and portraits, The Great Journeys in History reveals the stories of those who were there first, who explored the unexplored and who set out into the unknown, bringing alive the romance and thrill of travel.
Author : Hezekiah Butterworth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Zigzag journeys in the western states of America written by Hezekiah Butterworth and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lynn M. Homan
Publisher : Arcadia Library Editions
ISBN 13 : 9781531602338
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Historic Journeys Into Space written by Lynn M. Homan and published by Arcadia Library Editions. This book was released on 1999-12 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the January 1958 launch of the first American satellite to the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration by President Eisenhower just a few months later, from the heated space race of the Cold War era to the heroes of shuttle launches, the United States has been on the leading edge of space exploration and technology. Initially developed from one of Adolph Hitler's most feared weapons, the V2 rocket, the space program has accomplished much in just a few short decades. The first American manned space flight, which put astronaut Alan Shepard into space, was launched in 1961; in 1965, Edward White became the first American to walk in space--for a total of 21 minutes. In 1969, Neil Armstrong uttered those now-famous words as he became the first human to walk on the Moon. These and many other achievements, once considered unimaginable, have inspired and amazed the American people and engaged our brightest scientific minds.
Author : Howard E. McCurdy
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801898684
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Space and the American Imagination written by Howard E. McCurdy and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People dreamed of cosmic exploration—winged spaceships and lunar voyages; space stations and robot astronauts—long before it actually happened. Space and the American Imagination traces the emergence of space travel in the popular mind, its expression in science fiction, and its influence on national space programs. Space exploration dramatically illustrates the power of imagination. Howard E. McCurdy shows how that power inspired people to attempt what they once deemed impossible. In a mere half-century since the launch of the first Earth-orbiting satellite in 1957, humans achieved much of what they had once only read about in the fiction of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells and the nonfiction of Willy Ley. Reaching these goals, however, required broad-based support, and McCurdy examines how advocates employed familiar metaphors to excite interest (promising, for example, that space exploration would recreate the American frontier experience) and prepare the public for daring missions into space. When unexpected realities and harsh obstacles threatened their progress, the space community intensified efforts to make their wildest dreams come true. This lively and important work remains relevant given contemporary questions about future plans at NASA. Fully revised and updated since its original publication in 1997, Space and the American Imagination includes a reworked introduction and conclusion and new chapters on robotics and space commerce.
Author : Enlighten Press
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781925547092
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Journey Into Space written by Enlighten Press and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do we belong in the universe? What can we achieve when we put our minds to it?Come with us on ajourney into space!
Author : Carl R. Green
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9780766040755
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Spacewalk written by Carl R. Green and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Explores the Gemini 4 mission, including the astronauts and the first American spacewalk, the spacecraft and technology that made it possible, and how the Gemini mission laid the foundation for the Apollo missions to the moon"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Eileen M. Collins
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1956763007
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (567 download)
Download or read book Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars written by Eileen M. Collins and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-awaited memoir of a trailblazer and role model who is telling her story for the first time. Eileen Collins was an aviation pioneer her entire career, from her crowning achievements as the first woman to command an American space mission as well as the first to pilot the space shuttle to her early years as one of the Air Force’s first female pilots. She was in the first class of women to earn pilot’s wings at Vance Air Force Base and was their first female instructor pilot. She was only the second woman pilot admitted to the Air Force’s elite Test Pilot Program at Edwards Air Force Base. NASA had such confidence in her skills as a leader and pilot that she was entrusted to command the first shuttle mission after the Columbia disaster, returning the US to spaceflight after a two-year hiatus. Since retiring from the Air Force and NASA, she has served on numerous corporate boards and is an inspirational speaker about space exploration and leadership. Eileen Collins is among the most recognized and admired women in the world, yet this is the first time she has told her story in a book. It is a story not only of achievement and overcoming obstacles but of profound personal transformation. The shy, quiet child of an alcoholic father and struggling single mother, who grew up in modest circumstances and was an unremarkable student, she had few prospects when she graduated from high school, but she changed her life to pursue her secret dream of becoming an astronaut. She shares her leadership and life lessons throughout the book with the aim of inspiring and passing on her legacy to a new generation.
Author : Steven Lambakis
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813130378
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (33 download)
Download or read book On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power written by Steven Lambakis and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing evidence of the irreparable damage humans have inflicted on the planet has caused many to adopt a defeatist attitude toward the future of the global environment. Local Environmental Movements: A Comparative Study of the United States and Japan analyzes how local groups in both Japan and the United States refuse to surrender the Earth to a depleted and polluted fate. Drawing on numerous case studies, scholars from around the world discuss efforts by grassroots organizations and movements to protect the environment and to preserve the landscapes they love and depend upon. The authors examine citizen campaigns protesting nuclear radiation and chemical weapons disposal. Other groups have organized to protect farmlands and urban landscapes to groups that organize to preserve steams, wildlife habitats, tidal flats, coral reefs, National Parks, and biodiversity. These small groups of determined citizens are occasionally successful, demonstrating the power of democracy against seemingly insurmountable odds. In other cases, the groups failed to bring about the desired change. This book explores the distinctive leaders, the relevant laws and regulations, local politics, and the historical and cultural contexts that influenced the goals and successes of the various groups. The contributors conclude that there is no one single environmental movement but many, and the volume emphasizes grassroots movements and advocacy groups that represent local constituencies. By studying these groups and their respective challenges, Local Environmental Movements highlights the common themes as well as the distinctive features of environmental advocates in the United States and Japan. Over decades, these groupsÕ have nurtured environmental awareness and promoted the concept of sustainable development that respects the need for both environmental protection and cultural preservation.
Author : Dean Hammer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009249592
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Rome and America written by Dean Hammer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rome and America provides a timely exploration of the Roman and American founding myths in the cultural imagination. Defying the usual ideological categories, Dean Hammer argues for the exceptional nature of the myths as a journey of Strangers, but also traces the tensions created by the myths in attempts to answer the question of who We are. The wide-ranging chapters reassess both Roman antecedents and American expressions of the myth in some unexpected places: early American travelogues, westerns, bare-knuckle boxing, early American theater, government documents detailing Native American policy, and the writings of Noah Webster, W. E. B. Du Bois, Booker T. Washington, and Charles Eastman. This innovative volume culminates in an interpretation of the current crisis of democracy as a reversion of the community back to Strangers, with suggestions of how the myth can recast a much-needed discussion of identity and belonging.
