Research Catalog

Title

The eagle has wings : the story of American space exploration, 1945-1975 / Andrew Wilson.

Author

Wilson, Andrew, 1923-

Publication

• London : British Interplanetary Society, [1982]
• ©1982

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Details

Additional Authors

British Interplanetary Society, publisher.

Description

iv, 140 pages : illustrations, portraits; 30 cm

Uniform Title

Spaceflight. Supplement.

Subject

• United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Astronautics > United States > History
• Astronautics > United States > Pictorial works
• Rockets (Aeronautics) > United States > Pictorial works
• Space Flight
• Rockets (Aeronautics)
• Exploration of outer space
• Astronautics
• SPACE EXPLORATION
• MANNED SPACE FLIGHT
• NASA PROGRAMS
• Outer space > Exploration > History. > United States
• United States
• Outer space
• United States

Genre/Form

• Pictorial works.
• History.

Note

• Supplement to spaceflight.

Contents

The foundations are laid: V-2, MX-774, Hermes, Bumper, Redstone, Jupiter, Thor -- Better late than never: Viking, MOUSE, Orbiter, Vanguard, Explorer, Jupiter C -- How high the moon?: Lunar proposals, Farside, Thor Able, Pioneer, Juno II, Atlas, SCORE, Atlas Able -- The moon, the planets and Ranger: Ranger, early Mariner, Atlas Centaur, Surveyor -- Man in space: Early concepts, Mercury, Big Joe, Little Joe, astronauts, flights -- Target: the moon: Lunar missions, Gemini, Titan II, Agena -- Apollo: three men at a time: CSM, LEM, Litrtle Joe II, Saturn 1, 1B, 5, Apollo fire, missions up to Apollo 10 -- Apollo and lunar orbiter: Landing sites selected, Lunar Orbiter, Apollos 11-17 -- Skylab and ASTP--Apollo lives on: Hardware, crews, flights, Skylab's demise, Apollo-Soyuz -- Back to the planets: Grand tours, Mariner, Venus, Mars, Pioneer, Jupiter, Saturn, future.

LCCN

• 83223893
• x280105214

OCLC

• ocm09376807
• 9376807
• SCSB-85554

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library