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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.

Publisher:

Penguin Books,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xviii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Subject:

United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--History.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Manned space flight--History.
Exploration of outer space.
Manned space flight.
Outer space--History.--History.
Outer space.
History.
Nonfiction.

Other Authors:

Logsdon, John M., 1937- editor.
Nye, Bill, writer of foreword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 375).

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.

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.

ISBN:

0143129953
9780143129950

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1029086352

LCCN:

2018009281

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

DYPD423 -- Eldora Public Library (Eldora)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

CYPF706 -- Musser Public Library (Muscatine)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)