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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.
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