Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and RocketryWinner of the Luigi Napolitano Award (2006) from the International Academy of Astronautics This book presents the fascinating story of the events that paved the way to space. It introduces the reader to the history of early rocketry and the subsequent developments that led into the space age. People of various nations and from various lands contributed to the breakthrough to space, and the book takes the reader to faraway places on five continents. It also includes many quotes to give readers a flavor of how the participants viewed the developments. Most publications on the topic either target narrow aspects of rocket history or are popular books that scratch the surface, with minimal and sometimes inaccurate technical details. This book bridges the gap. It contains numerous technical details usually unavailable in popular publications. The details are not overbearing and anyone interested in rocketry and space exploration will navigate through the book without difficulty. There are 340 figures and photographs, many appearing for the first time. |
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The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry Mike Gruntman. BLAZING THE TRAIL THE EARLY HISTORY OF SPACECRAFT AND ROCKETRY Mike Gruntman JAIAA Published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Inc. 1801 Alexander Bell ...
The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry Mike Gruntman. BLAZING THE TRAIL THE EARLY HISTORY OF SPACECRAFT AND ROCKETRY Mike Gruntman JAIAA Published by American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics , Inc. 1801 Alexander Bell ...
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... spacecraft and rocketry / Mike Gruntman . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 1-56347-705 - X ( alk . paper ) 1. Rocketry History . 2. Rockets ( Aeronautics ) History . 3. Space vehicles - History . I. Title ...
... spacecraft and rocketry / Mike Gruntman . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 1-56347-705 - X ( alk . paper ) 1. Rocketry History . 2. Rockets ( Aeronautics ) History . 3. Space vehicles - History . I. Title ...
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Contents
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS | 1 |
ROCKET PROLIFERATION THE FIRST WAVE | 7 |
UNDER ROCKET FIRE IN INDIA | 23 |
THE CONGREVE ROCKET | 31 |
ROCKETS COME TO AMERICA | 47 |
FIRST AMERICAN ROCKETS | 55 |
ROCKET PROLIFERATION THE SECOND WAVE | 69 |
PUBLIC IMAGINATION ON FIRE | 87 |
ROAD TO SPUTNIK | 267 |
GATEWAYS TO HEAVEN | 297 |
THE BREAKTHROUGH | 325 |
OPENING THE SKIES | 385 |
JOINING THE CLUB | 417 |
THE FIRST THOUSAND YEARS | 455 |
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS | 463 |
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY | 467 |
Common terms and phrases
achieved Aerojet Aeronautics Aircraft altitude American Army's artillery Astronautics Atlas ballistic missile became bomb Braun British built California Cape Canaveral Center Congreve Congreve rockets Corona courtesy of Mike courtesy of NASA Defense Design Bureau early Earth Esnault-Pelterie established explosion Figure courtesy fire flight French fuel German Goddard gunpowder ICBM Institute IRBM Kapustin Yar Kármán Korolev Laboratory later liquid oxygen mass ment Mike Gruntman miles military Mittelwerk Moscow motors National Navy nuclear Oberth operational orbit Peenemünde Photo courtesy Podlipki Polaris President Project propellant propulsion reconnaissance Redstone Robert Esnault-Pelterie rocket battery rocket development rocket engines rocketry Russian saltpeter satellite scientific solar solid-propellant Soviet rocket Soviet Union space launcher spacecraft spaceflight specialists specific impulse Sputnik stage submarine technical test range thrust tion troops Tsiolkovsky Tyuratam U.S. Army United USSR Vanguard velocity warhead weapon Wernher von Braun White Sands Woomera
References to this book
Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 Francis French,Colin Burgess Limited preview - 2007 |