Spacecraft Technology : The Early Years

The Early Years

By: Mark Williamson

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Hardcover | 1 December 2005

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Spacecraft Technology: The Early Years covers the development of space technology in the late 1950s and 1960s, from the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957 to the landing of men on the moon in 1969. The text begins by looking at the challenge of getting into space and the development of the space launch vehicle, and moves on to discussion of unmanned satellites and spaceprobes, and the first capsules deployed in Earth orbit and the Apollo missions to the Moon.

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'Spacecraft Technology: The Early Years should be on the reading list for decision makers and technology entrepreneurs alike, if only to remind the current generation how the great innovations that we take for granted ultimately came to be.'

-- Jonathan Krezel * Space Times *

'...in general this is a good introduction to space history'

-- Ander Hansson * Spaceflight *

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A prologue to the space age	p. 1
Highway to space - the development of the space launch vehicle	p. 39
Looking at space - the development of the space science satellite	p. 83
Looking at Earth - the development of the Earth observation satellite	p. 125
Keeping in touch - the development of the communications satellite	p. 159
Probing the Moon - the development of the lunar science spacecraft	p. 199
Man in space - the development of the manned capsule	p. 231
First and only moonship - the development of the Apollo Command and Service Module	p. 263
Lunar lander - the development of the Apollo Lunar Module	p. 293
Electric moon car - the development of the Apollo Lunar Roving Vehicle	p. 319
An epilogue to the space race	p. 243
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Spacecraft Technology : The Early Years

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