Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft
by Gallentine, Jay
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- first
- Condition
- Nice Copy
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About This Item
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. 1st edition. Nice Copy. lge. octavo. card covers xvii + 500pp., b/w plates, sources index, ÔGemini was the intermediate manned space flight program between America's first steps into space with Mercury and the amazing and unprecedented accomplishments achieved during the manned lunar expeditions of Apollo. It more than had its place in man's progress into this new frontier. Gemini accomplishments were many; including many firsts: first astronaut-controlled manoeuvring in space; first rendezvous in space of one spacecraft with another; first docking of one spacecraft with a propulsive stage and use of that stage to transfer man to high altitude; first traverse of man into the Earth's radiation belts; first extended manned flights of a week or more in duration; first extended stays of man outside his spacecraft; first controlled re-entry and precision landing; and many more.Õ Nice copy of the 1977 first edition. Uncommon
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Andrew Barnes Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 80397
- Title
- Ambassadors from Earth: Pioneering Explorations with Unmanned Spacecraft
- Author
- Gallentine, Jay
- Book Condition
- Used - Nice Copy
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- lge. octavo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Space Exploration;
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