Spaceflight : a concise history / Michael J. Neufeld.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Neufeld, Michael J., 1951- author.

Series:

MIT Press essential knowledge series

The MIT Press essential knowledge series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space flight--History.

Space flight.

History.

Astronautics--United States--History.

Astronautics.

Space race.

United States.

Astronautics--Soviet Union--History.

Soviet Union.

Astronautics--Russia (Federation).

Space race--United States--History.

Space race--Soviet Union--History.

Manned space flight--History.

Manned space flight.

Russia (Federation).

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Other Title:

Space flight

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]

Summary:

A concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today. Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of the twentieth century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957; less than twelve years later, the American Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon. In this volume of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Michael Neufeld offers a concise history of spaceflight, mapping the full spectrum of activities that humans have developed in space.

Contents:

Introduction

Spaceflight dreams and military imperatives

The Cold War space race

Space science and exploration

A global space infrastructure

Astroculture : spaceflight and the imagination

Human spaceflight after the cold war

Epilogue : the past and future of spaceflight.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780262536332

0262536331

OCLC:

1029782648