Research Catalog
- Title
- SpaceShipOne : an illustrated history / Dan Linehan ; foreword by Arthur C. Clarke.
- Author
- Linehan, Dan, 1969-
- Publication
- Minneapolis, MN : Zenith Press, c2008.
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- Description
- 160 p. : ill. (chiefly col.); 29 cm.
- Summary
- Packed with more than 230 photos, exclusive diagrams, flight logs, and interviews with the individuals who made air-and-space history happen, SpaceShipOne:An Illustrated History provides the full scope of drama behind the achievement of a true aviation milestone, on par with the Wright Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, and Apollo 11.
- Alternative Title
- Space Ship One
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Pictorial works
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 158-159) and index.
- Contents
- A secret space program -- The Ansari X prize blasts off -- Flying the spaceflight mission -- SpaceShipOne construction -- SpaceShipOne rocket-engine design -- SpaceShipOne instruments and controls -- Test flights begin -- Rockets ignite -- Capturing the Ansari X prize -- Science fiction to science fact
- ISBN
- 9780760331880 (hardbound w/ jacket)
- LCCN
- ^^2007043098
- OCLC
- 175057280
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library