Not yet imagined : a study of Hubble Space Telescope operations / / Christopher Gainor
| Not yet imagined : a study of Hubble Space Telescope operations / / Christopher Gainor |
| Autore | Gainor Chris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, NASA History Division, , [2020] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (approximately 452 pages) : color illustrations |
| Disciplina | 522/.2919 |
| Collana |
NASA SP
NASA history series |
| Soggetto topico |
Space telescopes - History
Space telescopes |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Prologue - Launching the Hubble Space Telescope -- Chapter 1. Troubled History -- Chapter 2. Spherical Aberration -- Chapter 3. Road to Recovery -- Chapter 4. The Power of the Image -- Chapter 5. New Instruments -- Chapter 6. The Universe -- Chapter 7. Last Servicing Mission -- Chapter 8. Operating HST -- Chapter 9. Astronomy Transformed -- Conclusion - The World's Most Famous Telescope. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Not yet imagined |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910715080203321 |
Gainor Chris
|
||
| Washington, DC : , : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, NASA History Division, , [2020] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
To a distant day [[electronic resource] ] : the rocket pioneers / / Chris Gainor ; foreword by Alfred Worden
| To a distant day [[electronic resource] ] : the rocket pioneers / / Chris Gainor ; foreword by Alfred Worden |
| Autore | Gainor Chris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 621.43/560922 |
| Collana | Outward odyssey |
| Soggetto topico |
Rocketry - History
Astronautics - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-281-21352-7
9786611213527 0-8032-2258-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Space Dreams and War Drums; 2. Tsiolkovsky and theBirth of Soviet Astronautics; 3. Robert Goddard's Solitary Trail; 4. Hermann Oberth andEarly German Rocketry; 5. Von Braun, Dornberger,and World War II; 6. Rockets, Balloons, and the Right Stuff; 7. Korolev and the First ICBM; 8. The Military-Industrial Complex; 9. Sputniks and Muttniks; 10. The Birth of NASA; 11. Man in Space Soonest; Epilogue: July 16, 1969; Sources; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451485903321 |
Gainor Chris
|
||
| Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
To a distant day [[electronic resource] ] : the rocket pioneers / / Chris Gainor ; foreword by Alfred Worden
| To a distant day [[electronic resource] ] : the rocket pioneers / / Chris Gainor ; foreword by Alfred Worden |
| Autore | Gainor Chris |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina | 621.43/560922 |
| Collana | Outward odyssey |
| Soggetto topico |
Rocketry - History
Astronautics - History |
| ISBN |
1-281-21352-7
9786611213527 0-8032-2258-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface and Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; 1. Space Dreams and War Drums; 2. Tsiolkovsky and theBirth of Soviet Astronautics; 3. Robert Goddard's Solitary Trail; 4. Hermann Oberth andEarly German Rocketry; 5. Von Braun, Dornberger,and World War II; 6. Rockets, Balloons, and the Right Stuff; 7. Korolev and the First ICBM; 8. The Military-Industrial Complex; 9. Sputniks and Muttniks; 10. The Birth of NASA; 11. Man in Space Soonest; Epilogue: July 16, 1969; Sources; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778232603321 |
Gainor Chris
|
||
| Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||