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William H. Pickering : America's deep space pioneer / Douglas J. Mudgway.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Mudgway, Douglas J. (Douglas James), 1923-2022
- Series:
- NASA history series
- NASA SP (Series) ; 4113.
- The NASA history series
- NASA SP ; 2008-4113
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pickering, W. H. (William Hayward), 1910-2004.
- Pickering, W. H.
- Astronautics--United States--Biography.
- Astronautics.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biography.
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([276] pages)
- Edition:
- Updated version of 2007 ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, DC : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of External Relations, [2008]
- Contents:
- 1 The Boy from Havelock 1
- 2 The Cosmic Ray Researcher 21
- 3 The Cold War Warrior 41
- 4 The Space Age Begins 73
- 5 The Learning Curve 91
- 6 The Steep Part of the Curve 121
- 7 Point of Inflection 145
- 8 New Initiatives 171
- 9 An Active Retirement 197
- 10 Full Circle 219
- 11 In Retrospect 231.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed July 21, 2009).
- "October 2008."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Mudgway, Douglas J. William H. Pickering
- ISBN:
- 9780160815362
- 0160815363
- OCLC:
- 426941684
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