Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA
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Published
London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017.
Format
Book
ISBN
9781472911247, 1472911245
Physical Desc
304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 20 cm.
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Published
London : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017.
Language
English
ISBN
9781472911247, 1472911245
Notes
General Note
First published: 2016.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency - and in particular its Apollo lunar-landing program - wasn't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. While working out how to get a nuclear warhead through the atmosphere, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics pioneered a round-bottomed capsule that could also keep men safe when returning from space. Meanwhile, the US Air Force was looking ahead to a time when men would fly in space; pilots were riding to the fringes of space in balloons to see how humans handled radiation at high altitude, while test pilots like Neil Armstrong flew cutting-edge, rocket-powered aircraft in the thin upper atmosphere. With a narrative featuring a number of key historical figures, this book tells the story of America's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the United States military, right up to the launch of Sputnik in 1957. At this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation by Dwight D. Eisenhower of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Teitel, A. S. (2017). Breaking the chains of gravity: the story of spaceflight before NASA . Bloomsbury Sigma.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Teitel, Amy Shira. 2017. Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA. London: Bloomsbury Sigma.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Teitel, Amy Shira. Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA London: Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Teitel, Amy Shira. Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA Bloomsbury Sigma, 2017.
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