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Sto caricando le informazioni... Project Mercury: NASA's First Manned Space Programme (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)di John Catchpole
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A developmental history of the first American manned spaceflight programme and its associated infrastructure, including accounts of space launch vehicles. The book highlights the differences in Redstone/Atlas technology, drawing similar comparisons between ballistic capsules and alternative types of spacecraft. The book also covers astronaut selection and training, as well as tracking systems, flight control, basic principles of spaceflight and detailed accounts of individual flights. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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NASA's First Manned Space Programme and its associated infrastructure, including accounts of space launch vehicles.
Project Mercury: America's First Astronauts. Mercury in a major cover story. Thus did American begin its fascination with space program
Hampton, Virginia, the birthplace of America’s space program, the Virginia Air & Space Center (VASC) today, is the official visitor center for NASA Langley Research Center. Its mission is to educate associates' projects with the emotion controll, the world's largest professional community. Also Maryland, provide inspiring and captivating educational experiences.
Construction of Langley Field actually began in 1917, but the chaos of mobilizing for war in Europe delayed infrastucture, In 1920, Langley's first operational wind tunnel laboratory came online.
By 1931, NACA Langley was generally acknowledged to be the world's premier aeronautical research establishment.
The book highlights the differences in Redstone/Atlas technology, drawing similar comparisons between ballistic capsules and alternative types of spacecraft.
After the creation of a separate Air Force in 1947, the Army had continued rocket development, operating on the same assumption behind the German Army's research in the 1930s. Guided Missile Development Division at Redstone Arsenal. (