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02045aam a22004338i 4500 001 BAD7FBF4CFC511E59B6F8479DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20200118010508 008 151229s2016 nyuaf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2015046643 020 $a 1472911172 020 $a 9781472911179 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-gx--- $a e-gx--- 050 00 $a TL670 $b .T397 2016 082 00 $a 629.40973/09044 $2 23 100 1 $a Teitel, Amy Shira, $e author. 245 10 $a Breaking the chains of gravity : $b the story of spaceflight before NASA / $c Amy Shira Teitel. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Bloomsbury Sigma, $c 2016. 300 $a 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, black and white, color ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index. 505 0 $a Hobby rocketeers -- The rocket loophole -- The turning tide of war -- Escape and surrender -- Nazi rockets in New Mexico -- Rockets meet airplanes -- A new war, a new missile, and a new leader -- Higher and faster -- Edging into hypersonics -- The floating astronaut -- Space becomes an option -- The first satellite race -- One little ball's big impact -- The fight to control space -- Epilogue: America finds its footing in space. 650 0 $a Aeronautics $x History. $x History. 650 0 $a Aeronautics and state $z Germany $x History. 650 0 $a Space race. 650 0 $a Space flight $x History. 650 0 $a Aeronautics and state $x History. 610 10 $a United States. $b National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. 610 10 $a United States. $b National Aeronautics and Space Administration $x History. 941 $a 7 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231020023204.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722052002.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200806024947.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20200528061443.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20160716010428.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20160504043019.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20160427010826.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BAD7FBF4CFC511E59B6F8479DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search