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Provides an overview of the history and technology of space flight, summarizes the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs, and looks ahead to possible Mars missions
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Wayne Lee is a spaceflight engineer at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
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Lee, a space flight engineer with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, delivers just what the subtitle promises: a nontechnical lay reader's introduction to the technology, physics, and history of spaceflight. In seven chapters, the author explains the workings of launch vehicles, orbits, and satellites with the help of numerous charts and illustrations. He describes the basics of orbital mechanics and how spacecraft accomplish the maneuvers necessary to rendezvous in space. A chapter on space history traces U.S. and Russian space milestones, and coverage of Space Shuttle operations, unmanned planetary exploration, and the future of Mars exploration round out the book. This is a useful introductory reference that, despite some minor factual errors and misidentifications in the captions (e.g., the first manned lunar landing took place on July 20, not January 20, 1969, and the crew pictured is obviously not the crew of Gemini 8 bobbing in the Pacific Ocean but a studio shot of Gemini 12's crew) will be a useful addition for public libraries.?Thomas J. Frieling, Bainbridge Coll., Ga.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherCheckmark Books
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0816033536
- ISBN 13 9780816033539
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages309
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