Download or read book 1961 History of the Early Era of Space and Rocket Development written by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-16 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reproduces a truly fascinating chronology of space events from 1686 through 1961, compiled by famous space historian Dr. Charles Sheldon II for Congress. Developments in the American and Soviet space program are well covered, as are statements from scientists and some rather wild claims by the Soviets. It provides a treasure trove of information about this important early era of satellite, rockets, and spaceflight. The introduction notes: As the world moves visibly into what is popularly called the "space age," events are piling up so fast that soon the path down which we have come will be quite obscured by the continuing flood of news. It is instructive to step back sufficiently for some small perspective which a chronology of the nature reported here permits. It would be valuable to assess the relative importance of different contributions in science, technology, and public policy which have brought us to our present levels of achievement. But this is a job which must be left to the full-time researcher in a more cloistered atmosphere than that of a Congressional office. The goal of the listing contained in this report is relatively modest. It is intended as a handy reference for the non-specialist to some of the significant events in both missilery and astronautics. Several categories of information have been covered. Dates of important launchings have been included, and wherever available, the contemporary information has been cross-checked against later information on performance and characteristics to permit refinements and corrections. Included are all known satellite and deep space probe efforts. A second category of information includes key administrative decisions and directives important to either the organization or the pursuit of space progress. Because of our legislative responsibilities in this committee, a special effort has been made to record all major reports, legislation, and organizational steps in the Congress which relate to space. A third category of information is more subjective in character. Enough statements of future plans, predictions of progress, and policy views have been included to give more insight into trends than a listing of physical events alone would provide. Such a tabulation of policy views and predictions cannot be complete, but it is indicative of trends. A fourth category represents a catchall of announcements of discoveries, issuances of key books and reports, and even a few birthdays that have some bearing on space.
Download or read book The U S Air Force in Space 1945 to the Twenty First Century Proceedings written by Air Force Historical Foundation. Symposium and published by Department of the Air Force. This book was released on 1998-09-02 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics addressed are: Pt. 1, The Formative Years, 1945-1961; Pt. 2, Mission Development and Exploitation Since 1961; and Pt. 3, Military Space Today and Tomorrow. Includes notes, abbreviations & acronyms, an index, and photographs.
Download or read book To a Distant Day written by Chris Gainor and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ?Insightful, instructive, and definitely worth the read.??Greg Andres, Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada ?As someone who has been teaching a course on space exploration for many years and has visited most of NASA's space centers, I have found plenty of new and valuable material in To a Distant Day. . . . I recommend the book to all who wish to know more about the conditions, people, and discoveries between 1890 and 1960 that led to the space age.??Pangratios Papacosta, Physics Today Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space. Chris Gainor's irresistible narrative introduces us to pioneers such as Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, who pointed the way to the cosmos by generating the earliest wave of international enthusiasm for space exploration. It shows us German engineer Wernher von Braun creating the V-2, the first large rocket, which, though opening the door to space, failed utterly as the ?wonder weapon? it was meant to be. From there Gainor follows the space race to the Soviet Union and the United States, giving us a close look at the competitive hysteria that led to Sputnik, satellites, space probes, and?finally?human flight into space in 1961. As much a story of cultural ambition and personal destiny as of scientific progress and technological history, To a Distant Day offers a complete and thoroughly compelling account of humanity's determined efforts?sometimes poignant, sometimes amazing, sometimes mad?to leave the earth behind.
Download or read book The Mars Project written by Wernher Von Braun and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1953 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic on space travel was first published in 1953, when interplanetary space flight was considered science fiction by most of those who considered it at all. Here the German-born scientist Wernher von Braun detailed what he believed were the problems and possibilities inherent in a projected expedition to Mars. Today von Braun is recognized as the person most responsible for laying the groundwork for public acceptance of America's space program. When President Bush directed NASA in 1989 to prepare plans for an orbiting space station, lunar research bases, and human exploration of Mars, he was largely echoing what von Braun proposed in The Mars Project.
Download or read book History of Rocketry Space Travel written by Wernher Von Braun and published by New York, Crowell. This book was released on 1966 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the history of rocketry and space travel, and describes a trip to the moon, as imagined in the 19th century and accomplished in the 20th century.
Download or read book History of Rocketry Space Travel written by Wernher Von Braun and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It reviews the work of three great pioneers of the early part of the twentieth century - America's Goddard, Germany's Oberth, and Russia's Tsiolkovsky - as well as the accomplishments of Esnault-Pelterie in France, Isaac Lubbock's work on liquid propellants in Great Britain, and the development of the Russian "Katyusha". It details the experiments of von Braun and Walter R Dornberger in German before World War II, and gives a full account of the work of their development team on the V-2 rocket at the Peenemunde Center. The dramatic story of the German scientists' surrender to American forces in 1945, as well as their eventual accomplishments at the Army's Redstone Arsenal and subsequently NASA's Marshal Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, is also told at first hand.
Download or read book Rocket Development written by Robert H. Goddard and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a new release of the original 1960 edition.
Download or read book Missiles and Ventures Into Space written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Power to Explore written by Andrew J. Dunar and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 740 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scholarly study of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center places the institution in social, political, scientific, and technological context. It traces the evolution of Marshall, located in Huntsville, Alabama, from its origins as an Army missile development organization to its status in 1990 as one of the most diversified of NASA's field Centers. Chapters discuss military rocketry programs in Germany and the United States, Apollo-Saturn, Skylab, Space Shuttle, Spacelab, the Space Station and various scientific and technical projects including the Hubble Space Telescope. It sheds light not only on the history of space technology, science, and exploration, but also on the Cold War, federal politics, and complex organizations.
Download or read book Missiles and Ventures Into Space written by United States. Department of the Army and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Blazing the Trail written by Mike Gruntman and published by AIAA. This book was released on 2004 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Luigi Napolitano Award (2006) from the International Academy of Astronautics This book presents the fascinating story of the events that paved the way to space. It introduces the reader to the history of early rocketry and the subsequent developments that led into the space age. People of various nations and from various lands contributed to the breakthrough to space, and the book takes the reader to faraway places on five continents. It also includes many quotes to give readers a flavor of how the participants viewed the developments. Most publications on the topic either target narrow aspects of rocket history or are popular books that scratch the surface, with minimal and sometimes inaccurate technical details. This book bridges the gap. It contains numerous technical details usually unavailable in popular publications. The details are not overbearing and anyone interested in rocketry and space exploration will navigate through the book without difficulty. There are 340 figures and photographs, many appearing for the first time.
Download or read book A History of Rockets and Space written by Courtlandt Canby and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rocket into Planetary Space written by Hermann Oberth and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-10-22 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For all being interested in astronautics, this translation of Hermann Oberth’s classic work is a truly historic event. Readers will be impressed with this extraordinary pioneer and his incredible achievement. In a relatively short work of 1923, Hermann Oberth laid down the mathematical laws governing rocketry and spaceflight, and he offered practical design considerations based on those laws.
Download or read book Proceedings of the First National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Venture Into Space Early Years of Goddard Space Flight Center written by Alfred Rosenthal and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Aeronautical and Astronautical Events of 1961 written by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Project Rover U S Nuclear Rocket Development Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
