
Echoes Among the Stars: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program
A Short History of the U.S. Space Program
Patrick J. Walsh(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 31. December 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-7656-0538-2 (ISBN)
Description
Emphasizing the importance of the space programme to the scientific, social and cultural history of the last half of the 20th century, this brief history celebrates the almost unimaginable technological leap that the space programme represents, a feat of teamwork, innovation, dedication and mastery unprecedented in the history of mankind. Walsh's narrative begins just before the Mercury programme, covers the original seven astronauts, the Gemini and Apollo programmes, through Skylab and up to the space shuttle. The glories and emotion of space exploration are presented against the backdrop of the Cold War, the presidential administrations of Eisenhower, JFK, LBJ, Nixon, Ford and Carter, and other singificant events in US history. The positive accomplishments of the astronauts are put in context of an increasingly negative domestic situation in the '60s and '70s, the Bay of Pigs, civil rights, assassinations, growing involvement in and dissension about Vietnam, the Watergate scandal, and Nixon's resignation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
photographs, chronology, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
332 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7656-0538-2 (9780765605382)
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Patrick J. Walsh
Echoes Among the Stars: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program
A Short History of the U.S. Space Program
E-Book
04/2016
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€64.49
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Patrick J. Walsh
Echoes Among the Stars: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program
A Short History of the U.S. Space Program
E-Book
04/2016
Routledge
€64.49
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Patrick J. Walsh
Echoes Among the Stars: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program
A Short History of the U.S. Space Program
Book
12/1999
1st Edition
Routledge
€231.60
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Person
Walsh, Patrick J.
Content
Chapter 1 NASA Lifts Off: The 1950s; Chapter 2 Project Mercury: Setting the Sights; Chapter 3 Project Gemini: A Bridge to the Moon; Chapter 4 Apollo 1: Lives in Eclipse; Chapter 5 Apollo Before the Moon: Into The Light; Chapter 6 Apollo 11: Life on an Ancient World; Chapter 7 Apollo 12 and Apollo 13: Storms in Space; Chapter 8 Before the Short Day Ends: Apollo in Twilight; Chapter 9 Skylab: A Place in Space; Chapter 10 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project: A Handshake Across the Heavens; Chapter 11 The 1970s: Journeys Without and Within; Chapter 12 Echoes: The Shuttle Era and Beyond;