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The Resource The NASA archives : from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space, original text by Piers Bizony ; essays by Andrew Chaikin and Dr. Roger Launius ; edited by: Nina Wiener

The NASA archives : from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space, original text by Piers Bizony ; essays by Andrew Chaikin and Dr. Roger Launius ; edited by: Nina Wiener

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To Infinity and Beyond Journey through the U.S. space program's fascinating pictorial history On October 1, 1958, the world's first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik a year earlier. Within a decade, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, universally known as NASA, had evolved from modest research teams experimenting with small converted rockets into one of the greatest technological and managerial enterprises ever known, capable of sending men to the moon
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eng
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1 volume (various pagings)
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"Excerpts featured throughout the book have been edited from the publications cited or from the Oral History Project conducted by the Johnson Space Center, which appear in this volume courtesy of NASA ... All NASA images courtesy of NASA unless otherwise noted below"--Colophon
Contents
  • For all humankind
  • The rocket's red glare
  • This new ocean
  • Islands in the sky
  • Pale blue dot
  • The final frontier
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9783836569507
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The NASA archives : from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space
Title
The NASA archives
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from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space
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original text by Piers Bizony ; essays by Andrew Chaikin and Dr. Roger Launius ; edited by: Nina Wiener
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  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration archives
  • NASA archives
Title variation remainder
60 years in space
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eng
Summary
To Infinity and Beyond Journey through the U.S. space program's fascinating pictorial history On October 1, 1958, the world's first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik a year earlier. Within a decade, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, universally known as NASA, had evolved from modest research teams experimenting with small converted rockets into one of the greatest technological and managerial enterprises ever known, capable of sending men to the moon
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Bizony, Piers
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629.40973
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illustrations
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no index present
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TL521.312
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.N37 2019
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non fiction
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bibliography
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1956-
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  • Chaikin, Andrew
  • Launius, Roger D.
  • Wiener, Nina
  • United States
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
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  • United States
  • Astronautics
  • Space photography
  • Space photography
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The NASA archives : from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space, original text by Piers Bizony ; essays by Andrew Chaikin and Dr. Roger Launius ; edited by: Nina Wiener
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"Excerpts featured throughout the book have been edited from the publications cited or from the Oral History Project conducted by the Johnson Space Center, which appear in this volume courtesy of NASA ... All NASA images courtesy of NASA unless otherwise noted below"--Colophon
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Includes bibliographical references
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Contents
For all humankind -- The rocket's red glare -- This new ocean -- Islands in the sky -- Pale blue dot -- The final frontier
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34 cm
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1 volume (various pagings)
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9783836569507
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illustrations (some color)
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The NASA archives : from Project Mercury to the Mars Rovers : 60 years in space, original text by Piers Bizony ; essays by Andrew Chaikin and Dr. Roger Launius ; edited by: Nina Wiener
Publication
Copyright
Note
"Excerpts featured throughout the book have been edited from the publications cited or from the Oral History Project conducted by the Johnson Space Center, which appear in this volume courtesy of NASA ... All NASA images courtesy of NASA unless otherwise noted below"--Colophon
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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  • text
  • still image
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  • txt
  • sti
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  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
For all humankind -- The rocket's red glare -- This new ocean -- Islands in the sky -- Pale blue dot -- The final frontier
Dimensions
34 cm
Extent
1 volume (various pagings)
Isbn
9783836569507
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
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  • (OCoLC)1063506709
  • 1815988
  • (OCoLC)on1063506709

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