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The Greatest Adventure : A History of Human Space Exploration / Colin Burgess.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burgess, Colin, 1938-2014, author.
- Series:
- Kosmos (Athens, Greece : 1960)
- Kosmos Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Manned space flight--History--20th century.
- Manned space flight.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- London, England : Reaktion Books Ltd, [2021]
- Summary:
- The Greatest Adventure explores the past, present, and future of the space race. The book then takes the reader on a journey through the following decades of space exploration to the present time, detailing the many successes, tragedies, risks, and rewards of space exploration.
- Contents:
- The Reality of Tomorrow
- First Into Outer Space
- Into Orbit
- Stepping Into the Void
- Tragedy on the Launch Pad
- Eyes on the Moon
- One Giant Leap
- Soviet Setback and Skylab
- Recovering the Soyuz / Salyut Missions
- Space Shuttles and the ISS
- Expanding the Space Frontier
- Epilogue: Our Future in Space.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781789144598
- 1789144590
- OCLC:
- 1259592966
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