Author : Charles P. Idler
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 41,39 MB
Release :
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1984567306
After Germany was defeated in World War II, their German rocket scientists found work in America and Russia. The primary rocket scientist, Wernher Von Braun, chose moving to America, where he and fellow German engineers constructed rockets for defense purposes.
Author : Boris Chertok
Publisher : Military Bookshop
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 40,93 MB
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780398310
Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program, but few Westerners have read direct first-hand accounts of the men and women who were behind the many Russian accomplishments in exploring space. The memoir of academician Boris Chertok, translated from the original Russian, fills that gap. Chertok began his career as an electrician in 1930 at an aviation factory near Moscow. Thirty years later, he was deputy to the founding figure of the Soviet space program, the mysterious "Chief Designer" Sergey Korolev. Chertok's 60-year-long career and the many successes and failures of the Soviet space program constitute the core of his memoirs, Rockets and People. In these writings, spread over four volumes (volumes two through four are forthcoming), academician Chertok not only describes and remembers, but also elicits and extracts profound insights from an epic story about a society's quest to explore the cosmos. This book was edited by Asif Siddiqi, a historian of Russian space exploration, and General Tom Stafford contributed a foreword touching upon his significant work with the Russians on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Overall, this book is an engaging read while also contributing much new material to the literature about the Soviet space program.
Author : Boris Evseevich Chertok
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 43,98 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
V. 1. [no special title] -- v. 2. Creating a rocket industry -- v. 3 Hot days of the Cold War -- v. 4. The moon race.
Author : Michael G. Smith
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 31,50 MB
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803286546
Rockets and Revolution offers a multifaceted study of the race toward space in the first half of the twentieth century, examining how the Russian, European, and American pioneers competed against one another in the early years to acquire the fundamentals of rocket science, engineer simple rockets, and ultimately prepare the path for human spaceflight. Between 1903 and 1953, Russia matured in radical and dramatic ways as the tensions and expectations of the Russian revolution drew it both westward and spaceward. European and American industrial capacities became the models to imitate and to surpass. The burden was always on Soviet Russia to catch up—enough to achieve a number of remarkable “firsts” in these years, from the first national rocket society to the first comprehensive surveys of spaceflight. Russia rose to the challenges of its Western rivals time and again, transcending the arenas of science and technology and adapting rocket science to popular culture, science fiction, political ideology, and military programs. While that race seemed well on its way to achieving the goal of space travel and exploring life on other planets, during the second half of the twentieth century these scientific advances turned back on humankind with the development of the intercontinental ballistic missile and the coming of the Cold War.
Author : Mike Gruntman
Publisher : AIAA
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 24,76 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781563477058
Winner of the Luigi Napolitano Award (2006) from the International Academy of Astronautics This book presents the fascinating story of the events that paved the way to space. It introduces the reader to the history of early rocketry and the subsequent developments that led into the space age. People of various nations and from various lands contributed to the breakthrough to space, and the book takes the reader to faraway places on five continents. It also includes many quotes to give readers a flavor of how the participants viewed the developments. Most publications on the topic either target narrow aspects of rocket history or are popular books that scratch the surface, with minimal and sometimes inaccurate technical details. This book bridges the gap. It contains numerous technical details usually unavailable in popular publications. The details are not overbearing and anyone interested in rocketry and space exploration will navigate through the book without difficulty. There are 340 figures and photographs, many appearing for the first time.
Author :
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 29,9 MB
Release :
Category : Aeronautics
ISBN : 9780160867125
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 16,60 MB
Release : 1960
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Boris Evseevich Chertok
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 10,1 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
V. 1. [no special title] -- v. 2. Creating a rocket industry -- v. 3 Hot days of the Cold War -- v. 4. The moon race.
Author : American Astronautical Society
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1557 pages
File Size : 40,17 MB
Release : 2010-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 1851095195
A complete history of human endeavors in space, this book also moves beyond the traditional topics of human spaceflight, space technology, and space science to include political, social, cultural, and economic issues, and also commercial, civilian, and military applications. In two expertly written volumes, Space Exploration and Humanity: A Historical Encyclopedia covers all aspects of space flight in all participating nations, ranging from the Cold War–era beginnings of the space race to the lunar landings and the Apollo-Soyuz mission; from the Shuttle disasters and the Hubble telescope to Galileo, the Mars Rover, and the International Space Station. The book moves beyond the traditional topics of human spaceflight, space technology, and space science to include political, social, cultural, and economic issues, and also commercial, civilian, and military applications. Produced in conjunction with the History Committee of the American Astronautical Society, this work divides its coverage into six sections, each beginning with an overview essay, followed by an alphabetically organized series of entries on topics such as astrophysics and planetary science; civilian and commercial space applications; human spaceflight and microgravity science; space and society; and space technology and engineering. Whether investigating a specific issue or event or tracing an overarching historic trend, students and general readers will find this an invaluable resource for launching their study of one of humanity's most extraordinary endeavors.
Author : Tom D. Crouch
Publisher : AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 17,45 MB
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN :
Commissioned on the occasion of its 75th Anniversary, here is the fascinating historical account of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics -- and its predecessor organizations, the American Rocket Society and The Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences -- and the significant contributions each has made to the evolution of flight. From the early struggles to create and distinguish aeronautics as a distinct profession, through the technological necessities brought on by two world wars, to the incredible advances spawned by the Space Age, this narrative covers it all in a highly readable, thoroughly researched way. Reading like an aeronautical and astronautical whos who, it is also the amazing story of the organizations founders, leaders and members -- visionary individuals and dedicated engineers advancing theories and technologies in a profession that has forever changed society and shaped everyday life as we know it.
