Aurora 7 : The Mercury Space Flight of M. Scott Carpenter / / by Colin Burgess
| Aurora 7 : The Mercury Space Flight of M. Scott Carpenter / / by Colin Burgess |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500 |
| Collana | Space Exploration |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Aerospace engineering Astronautics Space sciences Popular Science in Astronomy Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) |
| ISBN | 3-319-20439-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A replacement astronaut -- From Colorado to the Cape -- Training for MA-7 -- Aurora 7 in orbit -- A highly troubled mission -- Walter Cronkite: “We may have lost an astronaut” -- Post-flight repercussions -- Epilogue: From astronaut to aquanaut. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254624503321 |
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Faith 7 : L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission / / by Colin Burgess
| Faith 7 : L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the Final Mercury Mission / / by Colin Burgess |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Praxis, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVIII, 291 p. 244 illus., 88 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 520 |
| Collana | Space Exploration |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Space sciences Aerospace engineering Astronautics History Popular Science in Astronomy Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Aerospace Technology and Astronautics History of Science |
| ISBN | 3-319-30563-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword by Alfred Worden (CMP Apollo 15) -- Acknowledgements -- Author Prologue -- Chapter 1: An astronaut from Oklahoma -- Chapter 2: The final Mercury mission -- Chapter 3: One reckless act -- Chapter 4: A day in space with Faith 7 -- Chapter 5: “A victory for the human spirit” -- Chapter 6: The end of the Mercury era -- Chapter 7: From Gemini to Apollo -- Chapter 8: “The greatest pilot you ever saw” -- Appendices -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254626303321 |
Burgess Colin <1947->
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Praxis, , 2016 | ||
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Fallen astronauts : heroes who died reaching for the moon / / Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan with Bert Vis ; foreword by Eugene A. Cernan
| Fallen astronauts : heroes who died reaching for the moon / / Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan with Bert Vis ; foreword by Eugene A. Cernan |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.450092/2 |
| Collana | Outward odyssey. A people's history of spaceflight |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronauts - United States
Astronauts - Soviet Union Space flight to the moon - History Manned space flight Astronauts - Death |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8032-8597-3
0-8032-8599-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A routine training flight -- Capt. Theodore Cordy Freeman, USAF -- Gemini twins -- Elliot McKay See Jr -- Capt. Charles Arthur Bassett II, USAF -- Countdown to disaster -- Lt. Col. Virgil Ivan Grissom, USAF -- Lt. Ccol. Edward Higgins White II, USAF -- Lt. Cdr. Roger Bruce Chaffee, USN -- By the light of a Soviet moon -- Russia's cosmonauts -- A lonely stretch of road -- Maj. Edward Galen Givens Jr., USAF -- Mayday, mayday! -- Maj. Clifton Curtis Williams Jr., USMC -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910466315603321 |
Burgess Colin <1947->
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| Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2016] | ||
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Fallen astronauts : heroes who died reaching for the moon / / Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan with Bert Vis ; foreword by Eugene A. Cernan
| Fallen astronauts : heroes who died reaching for the moon / / Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan with Bert Vis ; foreword by Eugene A. Cernan |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.450092/2 |
| Collana | Outward odyssey. A people's history of spaceflight |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronauts - United States
Astronauts - Soviet Union Space flight to the moon - History Manned space flight Astronauts - Death |
| ISBN |
0-8032-8597-3
0-8032-8599-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A routine training flight -- Capt. Theodore Cordy Freeman, USAF -- Gemini twins -- Elliot McKay See Jr -- Capt. Charles Arthur Bassett II, USAF -- Countdown to disaster -- Lt. Col. Virgil Ivan Grissom, USAF -- Lt. Ccol. Edward Higgins White II, USAF -- Lt. Cdr. Roger Bruce Chaffee, USN -- By the light of a Soviet moon -- Russia's cosmonauts -- A lonely stretch of road -- Maj. Edward Galen Givens Jr., USAF -- Mayday, mayday! -- Maj. Clifton Curtis Williams Jr., USMC -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798292103321 |
Burgess Colin <1947->
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Fallen astronauts : heroes who died reaching for the moon / / Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan with Bert Vis ; foreword by Eugene A. Cernan
| Fallen astronauts : heroes who died reaching for the moon / / Colin Burgess and Kate Doolan with Bert Vis ; foreword by Eugene A. Cernan |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Edizione | [Revised edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (417 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.450092/2 |
| Collana | Outward odyssey. A people's history of spaceflight |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronauts - United States
Astronauts - Soviet Union Space flight to the moon - History Manned space flight Astronauts - Death |
| ISBN |
0-8032-8597-3
0-8032-8599-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | A routine training flight -- Capt. Theodore Cordy Freeman, USAF -- Gemini twins -- Elliot McKay See Jr -- Capt. Charles Arthur Bassett II, USAF -- Countdown to disaster -- Lt. Col. Virgil Ivan Grissom, USAF -- Lt. Ccol. Edward Higgins White II, USAF -- Lt. Cdr. Roger Bruce Chaffee, USN -- By the light of a Soviet moon -- Russia's cosmonauts -- A lonely stretch of road -- Maj. Edward Galen Givens Jr., USAF -- Mayday, mayday! -- Maj. Clifton Curtis Williams Jr., USMC -- Epilogue. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828186303321 |
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| Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , [2016] | ||
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Freedom 7 : The Historic Flight of Alan B. Shepard, Jr. / / by Colin Burgess
| Freedom 7 : The Historic Flight of Alan B. Shepard, Jr. / / by Colin Burgess |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (291 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.450092 |
| Collana | Space Exploration |
| Soggetto topico |
Aerospace engineering
Astronautics Astronomy Space sciences History Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Popular Science in Astronomy Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) History of Science |
| ISBN |
9783319011561
3319011561 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | History and Development of the Mercury-Redstone Program -- The Precursory Flight of Chimpanzee Ham -- NASA’s First Space Pilot -- Countdown to Launch -- Liftoff of Freedom 7 -- Fifteen Minutes That Stopped a Nation -- Splashdown. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300374103321 |
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Friendship 7 : The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr. / / by Colin Burgess
| Friendship 7 : The Epic Orbital Flight of John H. Glenn, Jr. / / by Colin Burgess |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (293 p.) |
| Disciplina |
500.5
509 520 629.1 |
| Collana | Space Exploration |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Aerospace engineering Astronautics Space sciences History Popular Science in Astronomy Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) History of Science |
| ISBN | 3-319-15654-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Developing the Mercury-Atlas program -- The orbital flight of chimpanzee Enos -- A Marine on a mission -- Delays, and more delays -- “Godspeed, John Glenn.” -- A drama-filled mission -- A safe splashdown -- Epilogue: Beyond the Mercury program. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300423903321 |
Burgess Colin <1947->
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The greatest adventure : a history of human space exploration / / Colin Burgess
| The greatest adventure : a history of human space exploration / / Colin Burgess |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Collana | Kosmos |
| Soggetto topico | Manned space flight - 20th century |
| ISBN |
1-78914-459-0
9781789144598 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Greatest adventure |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827201203321 |
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| London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interkosmos : The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program / / by Colin Burgess, Bert Vis
| Interkosmos : The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program / / by Colin Burgess, Bert Vis |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (335 p.) |
| Disciplina | 500 |
| Collana | Space Exploration |
| Soggetto topico |
Astronomy
Aerospace engineering Astronautics Space sciences History Popular Science in Astronomy Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) History of Science |
| ISBN | 3-319-24163-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | History and Development of the Interkosmos program -- First to fly: Czechoslovakia’s cosmonaut -- From Poland to Salyut-6 -- Sigmund Jähn and Soyuz-30 -- Bulgaria in space -- Hungary joins the space club. - A Vietnamese cosmonaut. - The Soviet Cuban Salyut mission -- From the steppes of Mongolia. - Romania continues the program -- Beyond Interkosmos. - Soviet-Indian mission. – A Syrian researcher on Mir. – Bulgaria’s second flight. – Afghanistan’s cosmonaut-researcher. – Chrétien in space again. – The Interkosmos program. – Appendices. – About the authors. – Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254615303321 |
Burgess Colin <1947->
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Liberty Bell 7 : The Suborbital Mercury Flight of Virgil I. Grissom / / by Colin Burgess
| Liberty Bell 7 : The Suborbital Mercury Flight of Virgil I. Grissom / / by Colin Burgess |
| Autore | Burgess Colin <1947-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (295 p.) |
| Disciplina | 629.454 |
| Collana | Space Exploration |
| Soggetto topico |
Aerospace engineering
Astronautics Astronomy Space sciences History Aerospace Technology and Astronautics Popular Science in Astronomy Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) History of Science |
| ISBN |
9783319043913
3319043919 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | An astronaut named Gus -- The MR-3 mission and spacecraft -- Preparing for launch -- The flight of Liberty Bell 7 -- An astronaut in peril -- One program ends, another begins -- From the depths of the ocean. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910300367103321 |
Burgess Colin <1947->
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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