Author: James E. ObergPublisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780070480391
Category : Space stations
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Takes amateur spacefarers on a flight into the future.
Pioneering Space
Author: James E. ObergPublisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780070480391
Category : Space stations
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Takes amateur spacefarers on a flight into the future.
Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman in Space
Author: Tam O'ShaughnessyPublisher: Roaring Brook Press
ISBN: 1626725918
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Years before millions of Americans tuned in to watch her historic space flight aboard the Challenger in 1983, Sally Ride stayed up late to watch Neil Armstrong become the first person to walk on the moon. The next morning, she woke up to win her first round singles match at a national junior tennis tournament. Sally Ride: A Photobiography of America's Pioneering Woman Astronaut, is an intimate journey from her formative years to her final moments. Before she was an astronaut, Sally was a competitive tennis player who excelled at the game to such an extent that Billie Jean King told her she could play on the pro circuit. Before she earned a Ph.D. in physics, she was called an underachiever by her high school classmates. After her first historic space flight-she took a second in 1984-Sally continued to break ground as an inspirational advocate for space exploration, public policy, and science education, who fought gender stereotypes and opened doors for girls and women in all fields during the second half of the twentieth century. This vivid photobiography, written by Sally's life, writing, and business partner, Tam O'Shaughnessy, offers an intimate and revealing glimpse into the life and mind of the famously private, book-loving, tennis-playing physicist who made history.
NASA's Journey to Mars: Pioneering Next Steps in Space Exploration
Author: National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPublisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
This document communicates NASA’s strategy and progress to learn about the Red Planet, to inform us more about our Earth’s past and future, and may help answer whether life exists beyond our home planet. Together with NASA’s partners in academia and commercial enterprises, NASA’s vision is to pioneer Mars and answer some of humanity’s fundamental questions: • Was Mars home to microbial life? Is it today? • Could it be a safe home for humans one day? • What can it teach us about life elsewhere in the cosmos or how life began on Earth? • What can it teach us about Earth’s past, present, and future?
Pioneering Space
Author: James E. ObergPublisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Takes amateur spacefarers on a flight into the future.
Space Pioneers
Author: Robin KerrodPublisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 9780836857078
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Chronicles the history of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo spaceflights through 1968, and presents information about the Vostok, Voskhod, Soyuz, and Zond missions.
Pioneering the Space Frontier
Author: United States. National Commission on SpacePublisher: Bantam
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
Pioneering Space
Author: James E. ObergPublisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN: 9780070480346
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Takes amateur spacefarers on a flight into the future.
Space Pioneers
Author: Richard SpilsburyPublisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN: 9781403499516
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Contents include: What are Astronauts?; What do Astronauts do in space?; What is it like to live on a spacecraft?; How have Astronauts changed our lives?; What does it take to become an Astronaut?; a timeline of space travel.
The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration
Author: Roger D. LauniusPublisher: Smithsonian Institution
ISBN: 1588346374
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 402
Book Description
The first in-depth, fully illustrated history of global space discovery and exploration from ancient times to the modern era “The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration examines civilization’s continued desire to explore the next frontier as only the Smithsonian can do it.” —Buzz Aldrin, Gemini 12 and Apollo 11 astronaut and author of No Dream Is Too High Former NASA and Smithsonian space curator and historian Roger D. Launius presents a comprehensive history of our endeavors to understand the universe, honoring millennia of human curiosity, ingenuity, and achievement. This extensive study of international space exploration is packed with over 500 photographs, illustrations, graphics, and cutaways, plus plenty of sidebars on key scientific and technological developments, influential figures, and pioneering spacecraft. Starting with space exploration's origins in the pioneering work undertaken by ancient civilizations and the great discoveries of the Renaissance thinkers, Launius also devotes whole chapters to our space race to the Moon, space planes and orbital stations, and the lure of the red planet Mars. He also offers new insights into well-known moments such as the launch of Sputnik 1 and the Apollo Moon landing and explores the unexpected events and hidden figures of space history. The final chapters cover the technological and mechanical breakthroughs enabling humans to explore far beyond our own planet in recent decades, speculating on the future of space exploration, including space tourism and our possible future as an extraterrestrial species. This is a must-read for space buffs and everyone intrigued by the history and future of scientific discovery. "This oversize offering is a space nerd’s dream come true." —Booklist
Pioneering Venus
Author: Richard O. FimmelPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description