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John Logsdon The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration : NASA and the Incredible Story of Human Spaceflight
- Publication Name
- The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration
- Title
- The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration
- Subtitle
- NASA and the Incredible Story of Human Spaceflight
- Contributor
- John Logsdon (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0143129953
- EAN
- 9780143129950
- ISBN
- 9780143129950
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Genre
- Technology & Engineering, Science
- Topic
- Space Science, History, Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Release Date
- 28/02/2019
- Release Year
- 2019
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- GB
- Item Height
- 0.9in
- Item Length
- 7.7in
- Item Width
- 5.2in
- Item Weight
- 9.5 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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The fascinating story of how NASA sent humans to explore outer space, told through a treasure trove of historical documents--publishing in celebration of NASA's 60th anniversary and with a foreword by Bill Nye "An extremely useful and thought provoking documentary journey through the maze of space history. There is no wiseror more experiencednavigator through the twists and turns and ups and downs than John Logsdon." -James Hansen, New York Times bestselling author of First Man , now a feature film starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy Among all the technological accomplishments of the last century, none has captured our imagination more deeply than the movement of humans into outer space. From Sputnik to SpaceX, the story of that journey--including the inside history of our voyages to the moon depicted in First Man-- is told as never before in The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration . Renowned space historian John Logsdon traces the greatest moments in human spaceflight by weaving together essential, fascinating documents from NASA's history with his expert narrative guidance. Beginning with rocket genius Wernher von Braun's vision for voyaging to Mars, and closing with Elon Musk's contemporary plan to get there, this volume traces major events like the founding of NASA, the first American astronauts in space, the Apollo moon landings, the Challenger disaster, the daring Hubble Telescope repairs, and more. In these pages, we such gems as Eisenhower's reactions to Sputnik, the original NASA astronaut application, John Glenn's reflections on zero gravity, Kennedy's directives to go to the moon, discussions on what Neil Armstrong's first famous first words should be, firsthands accounts of spaceflight, and so much more.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143129953
ISBN-13
9780143129950
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242832773
Product Key Features
Book Title
Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration : NASA and the Incredible Story of Human Spaceflight
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Space Science, History, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.7in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
9.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tl873.P46 2018
Reviews
"Somebody needed to do it. And Professor John Logsdon is uniquely qualified for the task -- to reveal the cultural, political, and scientific correspondence that birthed and sustains our era of space exploration. The fits and starts of good ideas, the precarious flows of funding streams, the fickle sentiments of the public will -- it's all there, right on down to transcripts of illuminating conversations held in the Oval Office between the President and key players in this epic adventure." - Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry "I wish I'd had this terrific collection of critically important and richly insightful primary sources during my 31 years teaching university students about the history of space exploration. This new book provides an extremely useful and thought provoking documentary journey through the maze of space history. There is no wiser or more experienced navigator through the twists and turns and ups and downs than John Logsdon." -James Hansen, New York Times bestselling author of First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong "As a NASA astronaut, I already knew a lot about the history of human space flight, but this book contained a wealth of new and exciting revelations. I felt like a fly on the wall listening as critical decisions were being made about how to go to the Moon and whether or not to build the Space Shuttle. And what a thrill to read John Glenn's own summary of his historic Mercury flight! There's something here for everyone interested in any aspect of human space flight." -Jeff Hoffman, NASA astronaut and MIT professor "The story of space exploration is marked by a series of turning points, a series of policy decisions. These decisions are documented well enough, but the key documents would be very hard to find, if you didn't where to look. Dr. Logsdon does. He's the dean of space history. He is the world's foremost authority on which of the hundreds of thousands of documents hold the keys to knowing what and why significant things happened on Earth that influenced our presence in space." -Bill Nye, from the foreword, "The story of space exploration is marked by a series of turning points, a series of policy decisions. These decisions are documented well enough, but the key documents would be very hard to find, if you didn't where to look. Dr. Logsdon does. He's the dean of space history. He is the world's foremost authority on which of the hundreds of thousands of documents hold the keys to knowing what and why significant things happened on Earth that influenced our presence in space." -Bill Nye, New York Times bestselling author of Everything All at Once and host of Bill Nye Saves the World "I wish I'd had this terrific collection of critically important and richly insightful primary sources during my 31 years teaching university students about the history of space exploration. This new book provides an extremely useful and thought provoking documentary journey through the maze of space history. There is no wiser or more experienced navigator through the twists and turns and ups and downs than John Logsdon." -James Hansen, New York Times bestselling author of First Man: The Life of Neil A. Armstrong
Copyright Date
2018
Lccn
2018-009281
Dewey Decimal
629.450973
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
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