| Description |
1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Series |
Kosmos Ser |
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Kosmos Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. The Reality of Tomorrow -- 2. First Into Outer Space -- 3. Into Orbit -- 4. Stepping Into the Void -- 5. Tragedy on the Launch Pad -- 6. Eyes on the Moon -- 7. One Giant Leap -- 8. Soviet Setback and Skylab -- 9. Recovering the Soyuz / Salyut Missions -- 10. Space Shuttles and the ISS -- 11. Expanding the Space Frontier -- Epilogue: Our Future in Space -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index |
| Summary |
The Greatest Adventure explores the past, present, and future of the space race. The book then takes the reader on a journey through the following decades of space exploration to the present time, detailing the many successes, tragedies, risks, and rewards of space exploration |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Manned space flight -- History -- 20th century
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Exploration of outer space
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Manned space flight
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| SUBJECT |
Outer space -- Exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096159
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| Subject |
Outer space
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1789144590 |
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9781789144598 |
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