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100 1  Launius, Roger D. 
245 10 Smithsonian atlas of space exploration /|cRoger D. Launius
       & Andrew K. Johnston. 
246 30 Atlas of space exploration 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bHarperCollins,|c[2009] 
264  4 |c©2009 
300    230 pages :|billustrations (some color), maps (chiefly 
       color) ;|c31 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-222) and 
       index. 
505 0  Envisioning space. Ancient observatories ; The Ptolemaic 
       and Copernican models of the universe ; Kepler-Newton : 
       something new under the sun -- Beginning the Space Age. 
       The origins of rocketry ; Robert H. Goddard and the 
       development of American rocketry ; Wernher von Braun and 
       the V-2 ; The popularization of space ; Considering the 
       moon ; The lure of the Red Planet ; Concepts for missions 
       to the moon and Mars ; The Space Age begins : Sputnik and 
       Explorer ; The discovery of the Van Allen Radiation Belts 
       -- Gateways to space. Antecedents of space launch : the X-
       15 and Dyna-soar programs ; How do we reach into space? : 
       launch means and methods ; Mission control centers ; A 
       suite of major nonpiloted launchers ; A suite of major 
       human spaceflight launch vehicles ; The world's spaceports
       ; The Cape Canaveral launch complexes ; The Baikonur 
       Soviet/Russian launch facility ; Three major launch sites 
       : Kourou, Vandenberg, and Wallops ; Other worldwide launch
       sites ; Air- and sea-launch methods ; Human space launch 
       emergency procedures ; Returning from space -- Orbiting 
       the earth. Getting into orbit ; The first humans into 
       space ; Developing more capabilities in space : long 
       duration, EVA, and rendezvous and docking ; Swarms of 
       satellites ; The nature of low earth orbit ; Supporting 
       the Hubble Space Telescope in low earth orbit ; Seeking 
       polar orbit ; Geostationary orbit ; Military satellites ; 
       Unique constellations of satellites -- Reaching for the 
       moon. The Cold War space race ; Launching NASA ; The 
       geography of the moon ; Robotic exploration of the moon ; 
       Lunar landing sites ; Lunar impacts and landings ; Robotic
       soft moon lander site plans ; Soviet rovers and sample 
       return from the moon ; Americans to the moon : developing 
       Saturn rocket technology ; The Apollo spacecraft and lunar
       module ; 1969 : the Apollo 11 and 12 landing sites ; 
       Extending the stay on the moon : Apollos 14 and 15 ; 
       Reaping a harvest of knowledge : Apollos 16 and 17 ; Post-
       Apollo lunar exploration -- Other terrestrial worlds.  The
       inner solar system ; The geology of Mars ; Early missions 
       to Mars ; Orbiting Mars ; Follow the water ; Geologic 
       mapping of Mars ; Mars landing sites ; Landers on Mars ; 
       Mars Exploration Rover A : Spirit ; Mars Exploration Rover
       B : Opportunity ; The geography of Venus ; Reaching for 
       Venus ; Landings on Venus ; Exploring Mercury -- Across 
       the solar system. Three zones of the solar system ; 
       Studying the sun ; Chasing comets ; Asteroids and other 
       objects ; In search of Jupiter ; The moons of Jupiter ; 
       Galileo to Jupiter ; Exploring Saturn ; Cassini-Huygens 
       goes to Saturn ; Saturn's moons ; Voyager 2 at Uranus ; 
       The eighth planet : Neptune ; The Kuiper Belt ; Space 
       navigation : looking to the stars ; At the edge of the 
       solar system ; To the stars ; Looking into the past : 
       mapping everything ; What are the possibilities of future 
       spaceflight? 
651  0 Outer space|xExploration|xHistory|vPictorial works. 
700 1  Johnston, Andrew K.|q(Andrew Kenneth),|d1969- 
710 2  Smithsonian Institution. 
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov
       /catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009000649-b.html 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
       enhancements/fy1007/2009000649-d.html 
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