Gemini Flies! Unmanned Flights and the First Manned Mission /

In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. With just a handful of years to pull it off, NASA authorized the Project Gemini space program, which gathered vital knowledge needed to achieve the nation's goal. This b...

Celý popis

Uloženo v:
Podrobná bibliografie
Hlavní autor: Shayler, David J. (Autor)
Médium: Elektronický zdroj E-kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Vydání:1st ed. 2018.
Edice:Space Exploration
Témata:
Technology.
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Space sciences.
ISBN:9783319681429
On-line přístup: Získat plný text
Tagy: Přidat tag
Žádné tagy, Buďte první, kdo vytvoří štítek k tomuto záznamu!
Obsah:
  • Author's Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Dedication
  • Foreword by Colin Burgess
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Prologue: Molly Brown is on her way
  • Chapter 1: Mercury Mark II
  • Chapter 2: A "Clean and Green" Flying Machine
  • Chapter 3: Ramming the Atmosphere
  • Chapter 4: Preparations
  • Chapter 5: Guts and John
  • Chapter 6: All Systems Look Go
  • Chapter 7: Molly Brown "Performing Nicely"
  • Chapter 8: Got Your Seat Belts Hooked?
  • Chapter 9: The Unsinkable Molly Brown. Chapter 10: Gemini Operational
  • Appendix I
  • Appendix II
  • Appendix III
  • Bibliography
  • About the author
  • Other works by the author
  • Index.

Podobné jednotky