Book ID: CBB522094008

The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration (2021)

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The Greatest Adventure explores the past, present, and future of the space race.   The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the twentieth century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery, and exploration, as astronauts and cosmonauts were launched on space missions of increasing length, complexity, and danger. The Greatest Adventure traces the events of this extraordinary period, describing the initial string of Soviet achievements: the first satellite in orbit; the first animal, man, and woman in space; the first spacewalk; as well as the ultimate US victory in the race to land on the moon. The book then takes the reader on a journey through the following decades of space exploration to the present time, detailing the many successes, tragedies, risks, and rewards of space exploration.

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Authors & Contributors
Determann, Jörg Matthias
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Mieczkowski, Yanek
Zimmermann, Robert
Wagener, Leon
Volland, Nicolai
Concepts
Space travel; space flight
Space programs
Space research and exploration
Astronautics
Space
Space shuttle
Time Periods
20th century, late
21st century
19th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
Middle and Near East
North Korea
Germany
Institutions
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Project Apollo (NASA)
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