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Rocket Men

Author : Robert Kurson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781925322880
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (228 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Men written by Robert Kurson and published by . This book was released on 2018-07-02 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In early 1968, the Apollo programme was on shaky footing. President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline to put a man on the Moon was in jeopardy, and the Soviets were threatening to pull ahead in the space race. By August 1968, with its back against the wall, NASA decided to scrap its usual methodical approach and shoot for the heavens. With just four months to prepare, the agency would send the first men in history to the Moon. Focusing on three heroic astronauts and their families, this vivid, gripping narrative shows anew the epic danger and singular bravery it took for Man to leave Earth for the first time - and to arrive at a new world.

Rocket Men

Author : Craig Nelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848542914
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (429 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Men written by Craig Nelson and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 20 July 1969, man set foot on the moon. Motivated by politics, faith, science and wonder, the Apollo 11 mission was the greatest technical achievement of all time. It was the culmination of over a decade's worth of money and effort from more than 400,000 staff and crew. Rocket Men follows the astounding story of the lunar project, beginning at its inception at the start of the Cold War and tracing it through to its finest hour with the first moon landing and the astronauts' safe return. Through extensive interviews with astronauts, NASA staff and their families and never-before published documents, Craig Nelson presents an awe-inspiring human account of the voyage that changed the course of history. He takes us behind the scenes at Mission Control to describe every detail of the mission, from the astronauts' moon excursion suits, which had five hundred parts and weighed no less than fifty pounds, to terrifying revelations, such as how Armstrong and Aldrin could have been left stranded on the moon when a vital switch snapped on the landing craft. Rocket Men is the inside story of one of the most perilous and rewarding undertakings in history.

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Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Summary of Robert Kurson's Rocket Men written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-06-13T22:59:00Z with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 In 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. The Soviet Union was close to landing its own crew on the Moon, which mattered because the nation that landed the first men on the Moon would win the Space Race and be in position to land a man on the Moon first. #2 Borman was in charge of testing the command module, and he was scheduled to do so until NASA officials decided to send him back to Houston. His crewmates were stuck with the module. #3 The last time Borman had received a drop everything call was the darkest day in NASA’s history, when a fire broke out in the command module during a simulated countdown on the launchpad in Florida. The three astronauts died in the fire. #4 In 1967, Borman was called to testify before Congress about the cause of the fire. He was offered the opportunity to take temporary leave from the astronaut program to head up the team tasked with implementing design changes to the command module.

First Manned Rocket Launch

Author : Jean Paul Pallud
Publisher : After the Battle
ISBN 13 : 9781036101282
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book First Manned Rocket Launch written by Jean Paul Pallud and published by After the Battle. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well before Yuri Gagarin or Alan Shepard, Lothar Sieber became the first man to take off vertically from the ground under rocket power on March 1, 1945. The plane crashed after flying for 55 seconds and he was killed. The launch marked a milestone on the road to spaceflight, even though it remained virtually unknown to the general public for more than half a century. But the Natter was a weapon of war born out in the closing months of World War II when Germany was desperately looking for 'wonder weapons' to fight the inevitable defeat. A vertical take-off rocket fighter, the Natter would reach the Allied bomber altitude in seconds, then the pilot would get within firing distance of a bomber, and fire all 24 rockets into the nose in a single shot. Its fuel running out, the pilot will then glide the plane at high speed to a lower altitude, at which point he will trigger the plane to break up, a large parachute opening at the rear, popping off the nose and the pilot with it. The pilot and the tail with the Walter rocket engine would land under their separate parachutes, while the disposable nose, fuselage and wings were to crash to the ground. The Natter is unquestionably an exciting aircraft but it is safe to assume that it would have been a failure as a bomber interceptor.

Rocket Man

Author : David A. Clary
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401398332
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Man written by David A. Clary and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2003-08-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, the troubled, solitary genius Robert H. Goddard (1882-1945) was the American father of rocketry and space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets and the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh and Harry Guggenheim, through fiery, often explosive, experiments at Roswell, New Mexico, he invented the methods that carried men to the moon. Today, no rocket or jet plane can fly without using his inventions. Yet he is the "forgotten man" of the space age. His own government ignored his rocketry until the Germans demonstrated its principles in the V-2 missiles of World War II. The American government usurped his 214 patents, while suppressing his contributions in the name of national security, until it was forced to pay one million dollars for patent infringement. Goddard became famous again, monuments and medals raining upon his memory. But his renewed fame soon faded, and Goddard's pivotal role in launching the Space Age has been largely forgotten.

Rocket Man

Author : David H. Clary
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780756798512
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Man written by David H. Clary and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More famous in his day than Einstein or Edison, Goddard was the Amer. founder of rocketry & space flight, launching the world's first liquid-fuel rockets & the first powered vehicles to break the sound barrier. Supported by Charles Lindbergh & Harry Guggenheim, he devised the methods that carried men to the moon. Yet Goddard is the forgotten manÓ of the space age. After the Germans launched the V-2 missiles of WW2, the Amer. gov't. usurped his 214 patents & suppressed his contributions in the name of nat. security, until it was forced to pay 1 million dollars for patent infringement. Goddard became famous again, but his renewed fame soon faded, & his pivotal role in launching the space age has been largely forgotten -- until now. Photos.

Rocket Man

Author : Ruth Ashby
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 1561457450
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (614 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Man written by Ruth Ashby and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2015-12-08 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 20, 1962, as millions of Americans waited anxiously, astronaut John Glenn blasted off in his rocket ship, Friendship 7, and became the first American to orbit the Earth. Although the risks of such a mission for Friendship 7 were well known, no one including Glenn knew the peril he was about to encounter in space. John Glenn was one of the Mercury 7 astronauts, the early pioneers of manned space flight. His historic flight followed years of intensive physical training and a devotion to a career in the exciting but risk-filled world of aviation. Ruth Ashby's dramatic story of John Glenn's near-disastrous mission in Friendship 7 also takes young readers through his small-town Ohio childhood, his extraordinary experiences as a fighter pilot in two wars, and his life as an astronaut in the prestigious and dangerous Mercury 7 program. The book concludes with Glenn's successful career as a US senator and his triumphant return to space in 1998 at the age of 77.

Double Takes: rocket man : a biography of Robert Goddard

Author :
Publisher : Learning Media Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780790315942
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (159 download)

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Download or read book Double Takes: rocket man : a biography of Robert Goddard written by and published by Learning Media Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rocketman

Author : Ky Michaelson
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9780760331439
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (314 download)

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Download or read book Rocketman written by Ky Michaelson and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 2007-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the record-breaking innovator who has put rocket power into everything from toilet seats and wheelchairs to go-carts and flexible flyer sleds.

Robert Goddard

Author : Russell Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781584153047
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (53 download)

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Download or read book Robert Goddard written by Russell Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the man responsible for developing the first liquid propelled rocket.

Rocket Boys

Author : Homer H. Hickam
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9780613366359
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (663 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Boys written by Homer H. Hickam and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2000-01-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author traces the boyhood enthusiasm for rockets that eventually led to a career at NASA, describing how he built model rockets in the family garage in West Virginia, inspired by the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik

The Sackville Screamers/The Rocket Man

Author :
Publisher : Learning Media Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9780790319254
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book The Sackville Screamers/The Rocket Man written by and published by Learning Media Ltd. This book was released on 2007 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Rocketman

Author : Ky Michaelson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610591737
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (917 download)

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Download or read book Rocketman written by Ky Michaelson and published by . This book was released on with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the record-breaking innovator who has put rocket power into everything from toilet seats and wheelchairs to go-carts and flexible flyer sleds.

Rocket Man

Author : Jessica Easto
Publisher : Agate Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1572847905
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Man written by Jessica Easto and published by Agate Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of inspiring and motivational quotes from Elon Musk, “the world’s most remarkable living entrepreneur” (Chris Anderson, curator of TED). Elon Musk, the South African-born entrepreneur who made his first fortune with Internet companies such as PayPal, has risen to global prominence as the visionary CEO of both Tesla Motors and SpaceX, two companies with self-proclaimed missions to improve life as we know it and better secure the future of humanity. For the first time, the most insightful, thought-provoking, and revealing quotes from this entrepreneurial engineer have been compiled into a single book. Rocket Man: Elon Musk in His Own Words is a comprehensive guide to the inner workings of the man dubbed “the real Tony Stark.” Hundreds of his best quotes, comprising thoughts on business, clean energy, innovation, engineering, technology, space, electric vehicles, entrepreneurship, life lessons, and more, provide an intimate and direct look into Silicon Valley’s most ambitious industrialist. How could a young man who at one time seemed like “just” another Internet entrepreneur have gone on to build two highly disruptive companies and innovate technologies related to everything from electric batteries to rocket manufacturing? There’s no better way to learn than through his own words. This book curates Musk quotes from interviews, public appearances, online postings, company blogs, press releases, and more. What emerges is a “word portrait” of the man whose companies’ swift rise to the top will undoubtedly keep their status-quo competitors scrambling to keep up.

Rockets Into Space

Author : Frank H. Winter
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674776609
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Rockets Into Space written by Frank H. Winter and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since ancient times, men and women have dreamed of soaring among the stars, but only in this century has that dream been realized. In Rockets into Space, Frank Winter tells the fascinating story of the modern launch vehicle, from the mythological musings of the Babylonians and Greeks to the present-day reality of manned and unmanned space flight. In concise yet comprehensive chapters dense with anecdotal detail, Winter tracks the theoretical formulations and technological breakthroughs that have charted the evolution of rocket propulsion and vehicle design. He pays particular attention to the remarkable contributions of pioneers Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, Hermann Oberth, Eugen Sänger, and Sergei Korolev, whose genius and vision paved the way for later innovation. He describes the clandestine development of the V-2 rocket in Germany, under the technical leadership of Wernher von Braun, and its dramatic impact on postwar rocket research and satellite development in the United States and the Soviet Union. He also chronicles the complex events of the last three decades, which have produced ever more sophisticated rockets capable of launching larger payloads, from weapons to weather and communications satellites. Finally, he surveys exotic propulsion systems--nuclear, electric, solar, photon, laser--that lie on the frontiers of science today but that will shape the spaceflight and space policy decisions of tomorrow. Rockets into Space is an authoritative, entertaining guidebook for all who are interested in the history of space travel.

The Rocket Men

Author : Rex Hall
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9781852333911
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (339 download)

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Download or read book The Rocket Men written by Rex Hall and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-04-10 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first known work in the west dedicated to revealing the full story of the Vostok space missions, and the first fledgling steps off our planet. In Leaving the Planet authors Rex Hall and Dave Shayler review this Soviet demonstration of technological progress. The text examines both the developmental and operational aspects of the missions, which at the time were clouded in secrecy. This fascinating and important text features a significant amount of new material on the spacecraft, as well as the history, design and development of the launch vehicle. It also includes the full story of the men and women who trained for these missions, some of whom never flew.

Rocket Man

Author : Thomas Streissguth
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books
ISBN 13 : 9780876148631
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Rocket Man written by Thomas Streissguth and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exploration of the life and discoveries of a pioneer of space travel shows how his research and ideas shaped modern aeronautics, and discusses his experimental failures, as well as his many successes.