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Author Launius, Roger D., author.

Title The Smithsonian history of space exploration : from the ancient world to the extraterrestrial future / Roger D. Launius.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2018]
London : Quarto Publishing, 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  629.4 LAUNIUS    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  629.4 LAUNIUS    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  629.409 LAU    DUE 09-24-20 Billed
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.409 LAUNIUS    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  629.409 LAUNIUS    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  629.409 LAUNIUS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  629.409 LAU    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  629.43 LAU    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  629.409 LAUNIUS    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  629.409 LAUNIUS    Check Shelf

Description 400 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [390]-391) and index.
Contents Laying the foundations for space exploration -- World War II paves the way for space exploration -- Making space exploration real -- The Space Age dawns -- The race to the moon -- New nations, new missions -- Space planes and orbital stations -- The lure of the Red Planet -- Beyond Mars -- Transterrestrial expectations.
Summary Space historian Roger D. Launius examines the thousands of years that humans have endeavored to understand the universe, including the pioneering work undertaken by the ancients of Greece, Rome, and China; the great astronomical discoveries of Renaissance thinkers such as Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler; and the technological and mechanical breakthroughs that have enabled the human race to explore far beyond our own planet in recent decades. He also reveals the future of space exploration, speculating on forthcoming space travel and humans' possible future as an extraterrestrial species.
Subject Outer space -- Exploration -- History.
Astronautics -- History.
Manned space flight -- History.
Space flight to Mars.
Astronautics. (OCoLC)fst00819505
Exploration of outer space. (OCoLC)fst01353078
Manned space flight. (OCoLC)fst01007789
Space flight to Mars. (OCoLC)fst01127710
Outer space. (OCoLC)fst01243437
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Title History of space exploration
Space exploration
ISBN 9781588346377 (hardcover)
1588346374 (hardcover)
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