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Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA

Title: Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA / Amy Shira Teitel.
Author: Teitel, Amy Shira.
Publication: New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016.

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Description

304 pages : illustrations (some color); 23 cm

Subjects

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-296) and index.

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.

Call Number

JBD 18-465

ISBN

9781472911179
1472911172

LCCN

2015046643

OCLC

2015046643

Author

Teitel, Amy Shira.

Title

Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA / Amy Shira Teitel.

Publisher

New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-296) and index.

Research Call Number

JBD 18-465

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