The greatest adventure : a history of human space exploration / / Colin Burgess

• Autore: Burgess Colin
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2021; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
• Soggetto topico: Manned space flight - 20th century
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Reality of Tomorrow -- First Into Outer Space -- Into Orbit -- Stepping Into the Void -- Tragedy on the Launch Pad -- Eyes on the Moon -- One Giant Leap -- Soviet Setback and Skylab -- Recovering the Soyuz / Salyut Missions -- Space Shuttles and the ISS -- Expanding the Space Frontier -- Epilogue: Our Future in Space.
• Sommario/riassunto: The Greatest Adventure explores the past, present, and future of the space race. The book then takes the reader on a journey through the following decades of space exploration to the present time, detailing the many successes, tragedies, risks, and rewards of space exploration.
• Altri titoli varianti: Greatest adventure
• Titolo autorizzato: The greatest adventure
• ISBN: 1-78914-459-0; 9781789144598
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794548103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Kosmos