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Title The Penguin book of outer space exploration : NASA and the incredible story of human spaceflight / edited by John Logsdon ; foreword by Bill Nye.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2018]
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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  629.45 PENGUIN    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  629.45 PENGUIN    Check Shelf
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  629.4509 PENGUIN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  629.45 LOGSDON    Check Shelf
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Description xviii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 375).
Summary "Using items in the NASA archive together with expert narrative guidance, this history of how Americans got to space begins with Wernher von Braun's vision for voyaging to Mars and ends with Elon Musk's contemporary plan to get there. It covers the founding of NASA, the first American astronauts in space, the moon landings, the Challenger disaster, and the Hubble Telescope repairs"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Prologue: The dream of centuries -- Getting ready for space exploration -- First steps -- "One small step ... one giant leap" -- Steps toward an uncertain future -- Epilogue: The dream persists.
Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- History.
Manned space flight -- History.
Outer space -- Exploration -- History.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. (OCoLC)fst00528469
Exploration of outer space. (OCoLC)fst01353078
Manned space flight. (OCoLC)fst01007789
Outer space. (OCoLC)fst01243437
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Logsdon, John M., 1937- editor.
Nye, Bill, writer of foreword.
Cover Title NASA and the incredible story of human spaceflight
Other Form: Online version: Penguin book of outer space exploration. First edition. New York, New York : Penguin Books, [2018] 9781101993491 (DLC) 2018012899
ISBN 9780143129950 (pbk.)
0143129953 (pbk.)
9781101993491 (ebook)
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