Countdown To Glory: NASA's Trials and Triumphs In Space - Hardcover

Alexander, Kent

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0895867877 ISBN 13: 9780895867872

Publisher: Price Stern Sloan, Inc., Los Angeles, CA, 1989

Synopsis

Traces the history of NASA's manned space program, including Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and the Space Shuttle

About this title

From Library Journal:

Designed as an illustrated popular history of America's space programs, this book is well suited for a browsing room. Its historical treatment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is solid, informative, and entertaining. One of the most interesting facets of the book is the chapter dealing with ancient astronomy, early experimentation with rocketry, and the development of aeronautics. This could have been strengthened by an in-depth discussion of the technological and commerical spin-offs from space programs. The final chapter, "The Future in Space," even though rather brief, is provocative and fascinating.
- Robert H. Puckett, Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Price Stern Sloan, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0895867877
• ISBN 13: 9780895867872
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192