Article ID: CBB761888464

Mercury Rising (Fall 2008)

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Jones, Thomas D. (Author)


American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Volume: 23
Issue: 3
Pages: 24-32

ISSN: 8756-7296

Publication Date: Fall 2008
Journal Abbreviation: AHIT
Edition Details: Special Issue: NASA turns 50
Language: English

NASA’s first manned spacecraft program proved what America could do with collective effort, engineering skill, and determination.

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Article Grosvenor, E.S. (Fall 2008) NASA Turns 50. American Heritage of Invention and Technology (pp. 16-23). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Schaefer, Agnes Schaefer
Odom, Brian C.
Marino, William
Dienesch, Robert M.
Shetterly, Margot Lee
Caprara, Giovanni
Journals
American Heritage of Invention and Technology
Technology and Culture
IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
Comparative Technology Transfer and Society
Publishers
Yale University Press
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Communications, NASA History Program Office
Air University Press
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
William Morrow
W. W. Norton & Co.
Concepts
Space programs
Space race
Space travel; space flight
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Space research and exploration
Rockets; rocketry
People
Eisenhower, Dwight David
Webb, James Edwin
Von Braun, Wernher
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
18th century
Places
United States
Soviet Union
Germany
Western states (U.S.)
Nevada (U.S.)
Americas
Institutions
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States Air Force (USAF)
United States Space Force (USSF)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States. Department of Defense
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