Space age adventures : over 100 terrestrial sites + out of this world stories / Mike Bezemek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bezemek, Mike, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Astronautical museums--United States--Guidebooks.

Astronautical museums.

Aerospace industries--United States--Guidebooks.

Aerospace industries.

Historic sites--United States--Guidebooks.

Historic sites.

Astronautics--United States--History--Sources.

Astronautics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

Summary:

Space Age Adventures is a guidebook that recounts short entertaining stories from spaceflight history and details more than one hundred adventurous sites across the United States, including air and space museums, outdoor astronaut training locations, and historic destinations for space enthusiasts.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface: Space Sites and Stories

Acknowledgments

Becoming a Space Age Adventurer

Using This Book and Must-See Sites

1. The First Rockets

2. Birth of the Space Rocket

3. The V-2

Sites in Washington DC and Virginia

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC

Smithsonian Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly VA

NASA Goddard Visitor Center, Greenbelt MD

NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center, Wallops Island VA

Virginia Air and Space Science Center, Hampton VA

4. The Cold War

5. Conquering Space

6. The Satellites

Sites in New York City and the Northeast

Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York NY

American Museum of Natural History, New York NY

Cradle of Aviation Museum, Garden City NY

McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center, Concord NH

Moonshot Museum, Pittsburgh PA

Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh PA

7. The Space Race

8. Mercury vs. Vostok

9. In the Thick of It

Sites Near Cape Canaveral, Florida

Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Merritt Island FL

Sands Space History Center, Cape Canaveral FL

American Space Museum, Titusville FL

10. The Rise of Apollo

11. Adventures and Lessons

12. A Focus on the Moon

Sites in the South and on the Gulf Coast

Museum of Life and Science, Durham NC

Tellus Science Museum, Cartersville GA

U.S. Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville AL

National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola FL

Infinity Science Center and nasa Stennis Visitor Center, Pearlington MS

Space Center Houston, Houston TX

Frontiers of Flight Museum, Dallas TX

SpaceX Starbase Launch Viewing, South Padre Island TX

13. Bold Steps and Tragic Setbacks

14. Closing In

15. Around the Moon

Sites in the Midwest.

Great Lakes Science Center and NASA Glenn Visitor Center, Cleveland OH

International Women's Air and Space Museum, Cleveland OH

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Dayton OH

Armstrong Air &amp

Space Museum, Wapakoneta OH

Grissom Memorial at Spring Mill State Park, Mitchell IN

Air Zoo Aerospace &amp

Science Experience, Kalamazoo MI

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago IL

Adler Planetarium, Chicago IL

St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis MO

16. 1969

17. They Came from Outer Space

18. The Landings Continue

Sites in the Great Plains

Stafford Air and Space Museum, Weatherford OK

Science Museum Oklahoma, Oklahoma City OK

Cosmosphere Space Museum, Hutchison KS

Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland NE

South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Box Elder SD

19. The End of the Space Race

20. Aiming for the Stars

21. The Soviets Regroup

Sites in the Southwest

New Mexico Museum of Space History, Alamogordo NM

White Sands Missile Range Museum and Missile Park, White Sands NM

Spaceport America, Truth or Consequences NM

Roswell Museum and International UFO Museum and Research Center, Roswell NM

Very Large Array, Socorro NM

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, Albuquerque NM

National Museum of Nuclear Science &amp

History, Albuquerque NM

Space Foundation Discovery Center, Colorado Springs CO

Wings Over the Rockies Air &amp

Space Museum, Denver CO

Space and Science Fiction Sites, Southern Utah

Meteor Crater, Winslow AZ

Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff AZ

Astronaut Training Sites, Northern Arizona

Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson AZ

Titan Missile Museum, Green Valley AZ

National Atomic Testing Museum and Nevada National Security Site, Las Vegas NV

Extraterrestrial Highway, Highway 375 NV

22. Adventures in Orbit.

23. Destination Deep Space

24. The Billionaires' Space Race

Sites on the West Coast

San Diego Air and Space Museum, San Diego CA

California Science Center, Los Angeles CA

Griffith Observatory, Los Angeles CA

More Space Sites, Southern California

Science Fiction Film Sites, California

Chabot Space and Science Center, Oakland CA

USS Hornet Sea, Air, and Space Museum, Alameda CA

Aerospace Museum of California, Sacramento CA

Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, McMinnville OR

Museum of Flight, Seattle WA

Appendix of Resources

Bibliography.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781496236531

149623653X

9781496236524

1496236521

OCLC:

1380465872