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_cVAK
_dTMS
_dOCL
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_a629.45
_bM.
245 0 0 _aMan in space :
_ban illustrated history of space flight /
_cedited by H.J.P. Arnold ; foreword by Captain Eugene A. Cernan.
264 _aNew York :
_bSmithmark,
_c1993.
300 _a240 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c38 cm.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
500 _aIncludes index.
505 0 _aDreamers, pioneers and rocket societies -- First steps into space -- Gagarin and the moon : triumph and failure -- Mercury and Gemini : the road to Apollo -- Apollo : man on the moon -- Unmanned exploration of the moon and planets -- Space stations in earth orbit : 1969-1981 -- After Apollo : Skylab and ASTP -- The Shuttle : the years of preparation -- The Shuttle in space and Salyut 7 -- The Shuttle : tragedy and recovery -- Interplanetary exploration from 1975 -- Mir and Mars : the era of Glasnost -- Space for all : the end of the superpower monopoly -- Science and applications in orbit -- The military in space -- Things to come.
520 _aCharts the remarkable history of manned spaceflight, highlighting all the major events, the increasing commercialization of space activities and the challenges of the future.
650 0 _aSpace flight
_xHistory.
700 1 _aArnold, H. J. P.
_q(Harry John Philip),
_d1932-
_eauthor
942 _2ddc
_cBK