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Author:

Teitel, Amy Shira, author.

Title:

Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA / Amy Shira Teitel.

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Sigma,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, black and white, color ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Aeronautics--History.--History.
Aeronautics and state--Germany--History.
Space race.
Space flight--History.
Aeronautics and state--History.
United States.--National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
United States.--National Aeronautics and Space Administration--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-296) and index.

Contents:

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.

ISBN:

1472911172
9781472911179

LCCN:

2015046643

Locations:

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

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)