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"A wonderful collection of rarely seen photographs that true space buffs will enjoy. The captions are worth their weight in space-fact gold."--Richard W. Orloff, coauthor of Apollo: The Definitive Sourcebook.
Space photography --- Astronautics --- Photography in astronautics --- Spaceborne photography --- Astronomical photography --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Project Gemini (U.S.) --- Project Mercury (U.S.) --- Gemini Project (U.S.) --- Man-in-space Program (U.S.) --- United States. --- History.
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NASA’s MESSENGER mission, launched on 3 August, 2004 is the seventh mission in the Discovery series. MESSENGER encounters the planet Mercury four times, culminating with an insertion into orbit on 18 March 2011. It carries a comprehensive package of geophysical, geological, geochemical, and space environment experiments to complete the complex investigations of this solar-system end member, which begun with Mariner 10. The articles in this book, written by the experts in each area of the MESSENGER mission, describe the mission, spacecraft, scientific objectives, and payload. The book is of interest to all potential users of the data returned by the MESSENGER mission, to those studying the nature of the planet Mercury, and by all those interested in the design and implementation of planetary exploration missions.
Project Mercury (U.S.) --- Mercury (Planet) --- United States. --- Astrophysics. --- Planetology. --- Astronautics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Space sciences. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Observations.
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This book considers the archaeology of the facilities and sites on Earth that helped facilitate the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs.
Astronautics --- Launch complexes (Astronautics) --- Launch sites (Astronautics) --- Launching sites (Astronautics) --- Ground support systems (Astronautics) --- History. --- Project Gemini (U.S.) --- Project Mercury (U.S.) --- Project Apollo (U.S.) --- Gemini Project (U.S.) --- Man-in-space Program (U.S.) --- United States. --- Apollo Project (U.S.) --- Progetto Apollo (U.S.)
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A cavallo del 1960, tredici donne pilota americane hanno sostenuto e superato brillantemente gli stessi test a cui venivano sottoposti gli astronauti (maschi) americani. Purtroppo i tempi non erano maturi, le donne erano ancora tenute essenzialmente a fare le "mogli dell'astronauta", e la Luna è rimasta un sogno per tutte loro. Eppure, i loro sforzi non sono stati vani: la loro resistenza, la loro caparbietà, il loro coraggio, l'impegno da loro profuso, la loro testardaggine hanno infatti fatto da apripista per le donne che sono venute dopo di loro. La grande abilità della Ackmann sta proprio nel saper parlare di temi scientifici e riportare fatti storici in modo coinvolgente e suggestivo; ci informa su date e procedure, su retroscena politici e risvolti diplomatici, ma in tono narrativo, chiaro e comprensibile, mai didascalico né oscuro. La sua cronaca è molto attenta alla psicologia delle persone di cui ci riferisce, ed espone dettagli che avvicinano il lettore a quelle figure eccezionali, facendogliele sentire vicine, facendogliene percepire il lato umano.
Mechanical Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Aeronautics Engineering & Astronautics --- Women astronauts --- History. --- Project Mercury (U.S.) --- Women as astronauts --- United States. --- Engineering. --- Space sciences. --- Popular works. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Astronautics. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Popular Science, general. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- Astronauts --- Women in astronautics --- Science (General). --- Astrophysics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering
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NASA’s Mercury astronauts were seven highly skilled professional test pilots. Each of them seemed to possess the strength of character and commitment necessary to overcome apparently insurmountable obstacles as the United States entered into a Cold War space race with the Soviet Union. This was never more evident than on the epic suborbital MR-4 flight of Liberty Bell 7 with astronaut Virgil (‘Gus’) Grissom piloting the spacecraft to a successful splashdown, followed by the premature blowing of the craft’s explosive hatch. After a hurried exit and struggling to stay afloat, he could only watch helplessly as the recovery helicopter pilot valiantly fought a losing battle to save the sinking capsule. That day NASA not only lost a spacecraft but came perilously close to losing one of its Mercury astronauts, a decorated Korean fighter pilot from Indiana who might one day have soared to the highest goal of them all, as the first person to set foot on the Moon. For the first time, many of those closest to the flight of Liberty Bell 7 and astronaut Gus Grissom offer their stories and opinions on the dramatic events of July 21, 1961, and his later pioneering Gemini mission. They also tell of an often controversial life cut tragically and horrifically short in a launch pad fire that shocked the nation. .
Manned space flight. --- Space vehicles. --- Grissom, Virgil I. --- Project Mercury (U.S.) --- Engineering. --- History. --- Space sciences. --- Astronomy. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Astronautics. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Popular Science in Astronomy. --- Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences. --- History of Science. --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space flight --- Space vehicles --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering --- Physical sciences --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Astronomy --- Annals --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- Construction --- Industrial arts --- Technology --- United States. --- Space rockets --- Spacecraft --- Spaceships --- Navigation (Astronautics) --- Rocketry --- Vehicles --- Astronauts --- Grissom, Gus --- Astrophysics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Astronomical physics --- Cosmic physics --- Physics
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