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Book Synopsis History of Rocketry & Space Travel by : Wernher Von Braun
Download or read book History of Rocketry & Space Travel written by Wernher Von Braun and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It reviews the work of three great pioneers of the early part of the twentieth century - America's Goddard, Germany's Oberth, and Russia's Tsiolkovsky - as well as the accomplishments of Esnault-Pelterie in France, Isaac Lubbock's work on liquid propellants in Great Britain, and the development of the Russian "Katyusha". It details the experiments of von Braun and Walter R Dornberger in German before World War II, and gives a full account of the work of their development team on the V-2 rocket at the Peenemunde Center. The dramatic story of the German scientists' surrender to American forces in 1945, as well as their eventual accomplishments at the Army's Redstone Arsenal and subsequently NASA's Marshal Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is also told at first hand.
Download or read book Space Travel written by Wernher Von Braun and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1985 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of Rocketry and Space Travel by : Wernher Von Braun
Download or read book History of Rocketry and Space Travel written by Wernher Von Braun and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Blazing the Trail by : Mike Gruntman
Download or read book Blazing the Trail written by Mike Gruntman and published by AIAA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Luigi Napolitano Award (2006) from the International Academy of Astronautics This book presents the fascinating story of the events that paved the way to space. It introduces the reader to the history of early rocketry and the subsequent developments that led into the space age. People of various nations and from various lands contributed to the breakthrough to space, and the book takes the reader to faraway places on five continents. It also includes many quotes to give readers a flavor of how the participants viewed the developments. Most publications on the topic either target narrow aspects of rocket history or are popular books that scratch the surface, with minimal and sometimes inaccurate technical details. This book bridges the gap. It contains numerous technical details usually unavailable in popular publications. The details are not overbearing and anyone interested in rocketry and space exploration will navigate through the book without difficulty. There are 340 figures and photographs, many appearing for the first time.
Book Synopsis Launch Magazine's History of Rockets and Model Rockets by : Mark Mayfield
Download or read book Launch Magazine's History of Rockets and Model Rockets written by Mark Mayfield and published by . This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Launch Magazine heralds itself as devoted to spaceflight, hobby rocketry, and consumer aerospace. Here the magazine' s editor-in-chief tells the history of rockets and the models inspired by these out-of-this-world machines. More than 150 photos and illustrations, as well as expert text, cover such groundbreaking moments in space travel as the first manned spacecraft and the first moon walk; the many missions to Mars; and the journeys to Jupiter and Saturn to track their amazing weather patterns and mysterious moons. And back at home, we step outside into an American backyard as a father and son craft a model rocket... and send it soaring into the afternoon sky.
Book Synopsis A History of Space Flight by : Eugene Morlock Emme
Download or read book A History of Space Flight written by Eugene Morlock Emme and published by Holt McDougal. This book was released on 1965 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Problem of Space Travel by : National Aeronautics and Administration
Download or read book The Problem of Space Travel written by National Aeronautics and Administration and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-22 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This English translation of Hermann Noordung's 1929 classic German text is an important contribution to the historical literature of space travel. This was the first book with specific engineering details for a space station.
Book Synopsis Rockets and Revolution by : Michael G. Smith
Download or read book Rockets and Revolution written by Michael G. Smith and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rockets and Revolution offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the twentieth century, examining how the Russian, European, and American pioneers competed against one another in the early years to acquire the fundamentals of rocket science, engineer simple rockets, and ultimately prepare the path for human spaceflight. Between 1903 and 1953, Russia matured in radical and dramatic ways as the tensions and expectations of the Russian revolution drew it both westward and spaceward. European and American industrial capacities became the models to imitate and to surpass. The burden was always on Soviet Russia to catch up—enough to achieve a number of remarkable “firsts” in these years, from the first national rocket society to the first comprehensive surveys of spaceflight. Russia rose to the challenges of its Western rivals time and again, transcending the arenas of science and technology and adapting rocket science to popular culture, science fiction, political ideology, and military programs. While that race seemed well on its way to achieving the goal of space travel and exploring life on other planets, during the second half of the twentieth century these scientific advances turned back on humankind with the development of the intercontinental ballistic missile and the coming of the Cold War. Purchase the audio edition.
Book Synopsis The Problem of Space Travel by : Hermann Noordung
Download or read book The Problem of Space Travel written by Hermann Noordung and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis History of Space Exploration by : Tim Furniss
Download or read book History of Space Exploration written by Tim Furniss and published by Mercury Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed look at space - from the first rocket launch to how the continued potential for space exploration alters the way man looks at his world.
Book Synopsis Space Exploration For Dummies by : Cynthia Phillips
Download or read book Space Exploration For Dummies written by Cynthia Phillips and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-05-04 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your comprehensive guide to remarkable achievements in space Do you long to explore the universe? This plain-English, fully illustrated guide explains the great discoveries and advancements in space exploration throughout history, from early astronomers to the International Space Station. You'll learn about the first satellites, rockets, and people in space; explore space programs around the world; and ponder the controversial question: Why continue to explore space? Take a quick tour of astronomy get to know the solar system and our place in the galaxy, take a crash course in rocket science, and live a day in the life of an astronaut Run the Great Space Race trace the growth of the Space Age from Sputnik to the Apollo moon landings and meet the robots that explored the cosmos Watch as space exploration matures from the birth of the Space Shuttle to the creation of the Mir Space Station to successes and failures in Mars exploration, see how space programs reached new levels Journey among the planets check out the discoveries made during historic voyages to the inner and outer reaches of the solar system Understand current exploration review the telescopes in space, take a tour of the International Space Station, and see the latest sights on Mars Look into the future learn about upcoming space missions and increased access to space travel Open the book and find: Descriptions of space milestones and future missions An easy-to-follow chronological structure Color and black-and-white photos The nitty-gritty details of becoming an astronaut A grand tour of the solar system through space missions Explanations of tragedies and narrow escapes Facts on the creation of space stations by NASA and the USSR Ten places to look for life beyond Earth
Download or read book To a Distant Day written by Chris Gainor and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Insightful, instructive, and definitely worth the read."--Greg Andres, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada "As someone who has been teaching a course on space exploration for many years and has visited most of NASA's space centers, I have found plenty of new and valuable material in To a Distant Day. . . . I recommend the book to all who wish to know more about the conditions, people, and discoveries between 1890 and 1960 that led to the space age."--Pangratios Papacosta, Physics Today Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space. Chris Gainor's irresistible narrative introduces us to pioneers such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, who pointed the way to the cosmos by generating the earliest wave of international enthusiasm for space exploration. It shows us German engineer Wernher von Braun creating the V-2, the first large rocket, which, though opening the door to space, failed utterly as the "wonder weapon" it was meant to be. From there Gainor follows the space race to the Soviet Union and the United States, giving us a close look at the competitive hysteria that led to Sputnik, satellites, space probes, and--finally--human flight into space in 1961. As much a story of cultural ambition and personal destiny as of scientific progress and technological history, To a Distant Day offers a complete and thoroughly compelling account of humanity's determined efforts--sometimes poignant, sometimes amazing, sometimes mad--to leave the earth behind.
Book Synopsis The Problem of Space Travel by : Hermann Noordung
Download or read book The Problem of Space Travel written by Hermann Noordung and published by . This book was released on 2011-03 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an English translation of Noordung's 'Das Problem der Befahrung des Weltraums'. It is a part of the NASA History Series. The book provides Noordung's insight as to how a space station might be constructed. Keep in mind that the author passed away in 1929. It contains ideas that were criticized for faults and those that were acclaimed for their potentially successful ingenuity. Profusely illustrated throughout.
Book Synopsis First American Into Space by : Robert Silverberg
Download or read book First American Into Space written by Robert Silverberg and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the spine-tingling, true story of that first American blast into the realm of the stars, of the men who underwent rigorous training for that epic mission, and of the one man who made the safe journey. This is the factual account of the history of rocketry, its triumphs and its failures, our shame in the neglect of it, and our pride in its later accomplishments. Here, too, is a glimpse into the future, as only science fiction writer Robert Silverberg could foresee: orbiting space stations, a man on the moon, and more!
Book Synopsis This New Ocean by : William E. Burrows
Download or read book This New Ocean written by William E. Burrows and published by Modern Library. This book was released on 2010-09-29 with total page 795 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was all part of man's greatest adventure--landing men on the Moon and sending a rover to Mars, finally seeing the edge of the universe and the birth of stars, and launching planetary explorers across the solar system to Neptune and beyond. The ancient dream of breaking gravity's hold and taking to space became a reality only because of the intense cold-war rivalry between the superpowers, with towering geniuses like Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolyov shelving dreams of space travel and instead developing rockets for ballistic missiles and space spectaculars. Now that Russian archives are open and thousands of formerly top-secret U.S. documents are declassified, an often startling new picture of the space age emerges: the frantic effort by the Soviet Union to beat the United States to the Moon was doomed from the beginning by gross inefficiency and by infighting so treacherous that Winston Churchill likened it to "dogs fighting under a carpet"; there was more than science behind the United States' suggestion that satellites be launched during the International Geophysical Year, and in one crucial respect, Sputnik was a godsend to Washington; the hundred-odd German V-2s that provided the vital start to the U.S. missile and space programs legally belonged to the Soviet Union and were spirited to the United States in a derring-do operation worthy of a spy thriller; despite NASA's claim that it was a civilian agency, it had an intimate relationship with the military at the outset and still does--a distinction the Soviet Union never pretended to make; constant efforts to portray astronauts and cosmonauts as "Boy Scouts" were often contradicted by reality; the Apollo missions to the Moon may have been an unexcelled political triumph and feat of exploration, but they also created a headache for the space agency that lingers to this day. This New Ocean is based on 175 interviews with Russian and American scientists and engineers; on archival documents, including formerly top-secret National Intelligence Estimates and spy satellite pictures; and on nearly three decades of reporting. The impressive result is this fascinating story--the first comprehensive account--of the space age. Here are the strategists and war planners; engineers and scientists; politicians and industrialists; astronauts and cosmonauts; science fiction writers and journalists; and plain, ordinary, unabashed dreamers who wanted to transcend gravity's shackles for the ultimate ride. The story is written from the perspective of a witness who was present at the beginning and who has seen the conclusion of the first space age and the start of the second.
Book Synopsis Remembering the Space Age by : Steven J. Dick
Download or read book Remembering the Space Age written by Steven J. Dick and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.
Download or read book Space Flight written by Lance K. Erickson and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2010 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive look at the history of space exploration, the technology that makes it possible, and the continued efforts that promise to carry us into the future. It goes through the history of space exploration, from the earliest sub-orbital and orbital missions to today's deep-space probes, to provide a close look at past and present projects, then turns its attention to programs being planned today and to the significance of future exploration. Both the novice and the advanced student of space exploration stand to profit from the author's engaging and insightful discussion.
