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An edition of Breaking the chains of gravity (2015)

Breaking the chains of gravity

the story of spaceflight before NASA

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Bloomsbury Sigma
Language
English
Pages
304

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Subjects

United States, Aeronautics, History, Aeronautics and state, Astronautics, United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Research, Space race, Rocketry, history, Rockets (aeronautics), Executive departments, united states

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United States, Germany
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Cover of: Breaking the Chains of Gravity
Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA
2018, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, Bloomsbury Sigma
in English
Cover of: Breaking the chains of gravity
Breaking the chains of gravity: the story of spaceflight before NASA
2016, Bloomsbury Sigma
in English
Cover of: Breaking the Chains of Gravity
Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA
2015, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
Cover of: Breaking the Chains of Gravity
Breaking the Chains of Gravity: The Story of Spaceflight Before NASA
2015, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English

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Table of Contents

Hobby rocketeers
The rocket loophole
The turning tide of war
Escape and surrender
Nazi rockets in New Mexico
Rockets meet airplanes
A new war, a new missile, and a new leader
Higher and faster
Edging into hypersonics
The floating astronaut
Space becomes an option
The first satellite race
Little Ball's big impact
The fight to control space
Epilogue : America finds its footing in space
Glossary of people
Glossary of places and organizations.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
629.40973/09044
Library of Congress
TL670 .T397 2016, TL781.8.U6

The Physical Object

Pagination
304 pages
Number of pages
304

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27200051M
Internet Archive
breakingchainsof0000teit
ISBN 10
1472911172
ISBN 13
9781472911179
LCCN
2015046643
OCLC/WorldCat
933596254

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL20019989W

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