Publicado por CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013
ISBN 10: 1494740966 ISBN 13: 9781494740962
Librería: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.05.
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Publicado por National Aeronautivs And Spa
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. (space exploration, space flight, NASA, project mercury) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.
Publicado por Red & Black Pub, 2010
ISBN 10: 1934941875 ISBN 13: 9781934941874
Librería: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Book is in Used-VeryGood condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain very limited notes and highlighting. 1.5.
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Publicado por Scientific and Technical Information Division, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Good. Good condition. Golden Comics Digest (Little Lulu) nos. 19, 23, 27, 29,33, 43, 46 (1971-1975); Pocket Full of Fun (Dennis the Menace) nos. 30, 34, 43 (1976-1979). (cartoons, Little Lulu, Dennis the Menace) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Publicado por NASA Scientific and Technical In, 1966
Librería: HPB Inc., Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Publicado por NASA Scientific and Technical In, 1966
Librería: HPB-Red, Dallas, TX, Estados Unidos de America
hardcover. Condición: Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used textbooks may not include companion materials such as access codes, etc. May have some wear or writing/highlighting. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!.
Publicado por NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.05.
Publicado por NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.05.
Publicado por NASA Scientific and Technical Information Branch
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.05.
Publicado por NASA / GPO, 1968., 1968
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.95.
Publicado por National Aeronautivs And Spa
Librería: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Fair. Acceptable condition. (Space Flight, Project Mercury, History).
Publicado por Scientific and Technical Information Division, Office of Technology Utilization, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1966
Librería: MyLibraryMarket, Waynesville, OH, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. ***please read*** maybe marks on text but I could not find any - name inside cover - my shelf location my shelf location - nor-top*.
Librería: GoldBooks, Denver, CO, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: very good. Very Good Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed.
Publicado por National Aeronautics and Space Administration, WASHINGTON, 1966
ISBN 13: 2568812071437
Librería: Biblioteca di Babele, Tarquinia, VT, Italia
Condición: BUONO USATO. The Nasa Historical Series INGLESE Pubblicazione tecnica e scientifica della Nasa, lingua inglese, vol. n. 4201 della collana. Corposa brossura di carta opaca visibilmente danneggiata al dorso, segno di piegatura al piatto posteriore annerito da polvere, abrasioni alle estremità. Interno ben preservato, carte integre e non sgualcite da manipolazione, ad integrare il testo un cospicuo corredo iconografico in b. e n., tonalità appena ossidate, pulviscolo ai tagli che presentano due gradazioni di colore. N. pag. 681.
Publicado por GPO, Washington, DC, 1966
Librería: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. xv, [1], 681, [3] pages. Illustrations. Fold-out charts. Footnotes. Sources and bibliography. Appendices. Index. Ex-library with usual library markings. Inside rear board scuffed. Pocket at rep. This is one of the NASA Historical Series. Boards somewhat worn, scuffed, and scratched. The authors argue that Project Mercury, from its inception in the fall of 1958, was preeminently an engineering, rather than a scientific, enterprise. Loyd Sylvan Swenson, Jr., Ph.D. 1932-2016 was Professor Emeritus, University of Houston, History Dept., author and NASA historian, A third generation Texan born in Waco, Loyd graduated Waco High School, Rice Institute (University), served as Lt. in the US Navy, and attained his Masters and Ph.D. from Claremont College. He taught his entire career at University of Houston, with an interim year at Harvard Project Physics, Boston. He co-authored the history of the Mercury and Apollo space programs and was considered an authority on the work of Albert Einstein, beginning with his research and publications on aether drift, and was a major contributor to the field of history of science and technology. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. Its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely. Taken over from the U.S. Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted twenty unmanned developmental flights, and six successful flights by astronauts. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven", and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot. The Space Race began with the 1957 launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1. This came as a shock to the American public, and led to the creation of NASA to expedite existing U.S. space efforts, and place most of them under civilian control. After the successful launch of the Explorer 1 satellite in 1958, manned spaceflight became the next goal. On May 5, the U.S. launched its astronaut Alan Shepard on a suborbital flight. The U.S. reached its orbital goal on February 20, 1962, when John Glenn made three orbits around the Earth.
Publicado por NASA Washington 1998, 1998
Librería: Andrew Barnes Books / Military Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Original o primera edición
1st edition card covers Nice Copy lge. octavo xv + 681pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appends., bibliog., index, NASA SP-4201. The authors argue that Project Mercury, from its inception in the fall of 1958, was mainly an engineering, rather than a scientific, enterprise. Project Mercury was the first human spaceflight program of the United States, running from 1958 through 1963. Its goal was to put a man into Earth orbit and return him safely. Taken over from the U.S. Air Force by the newly created civilian space agency NASA, it conducted twenty unmanned developmental flights, and six successful flights by astronauts. The astronauts were collectively known as the "Mercury Seven", and each spacecraft was given a name ending with a "7" by its pilot. Light creasing to wrappers o/w a nice copy.
Publicado por National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Office of Technology Utilization, Scientific and Technical Information Division, Washington, DC, 1966
Librería: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Wraps. Condición: Good. xv, [1], 681, [3] pages. Illustrations. Fold-out charts. Footnotes, Note on Sources and Selected Bibliography. Appendices. Index. Cover has some wear and soiling. Some fore-edge damp staining. Loyd Sylvan Swenson, Jr., Ph.D. 1932-2016 was Professor Emeritus, University of Houston, History Dept., author and NASA historian. A third generation Texan he served as Lt. in the US Navy, and attained his Masters and Ph.D. from Claremont College. He taught his entire career at University of Houston, with an interim year at Harvard Project Physics, Boston. He co-authored the history of the Mercury and Apollo space programs and was considered an authority on the work of Albert Einstein and was a major contributor to the field of history of science and technology. James Maurice Grimwood was born on October 26, 1922 in Lincoln, AL. During WWII he served in the South Pacific with the US Navy. He was Chief Historian at NASA from 1962 until his retirement in 1979. His books include This New Ocean (A History of Project Mercury), On the Shoulders of Titans (A History of Project Gemini), and Chariots for Apollo (A History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft). His final work was a memoir called What I Remember that will be treasured for generations to come. This book describes the origins, preparation, and nature of America's first achievements in manned space flight. This narrative spans the basic events in the managerial and technological history of Project Mercury. Writing only a few years after the events described, the authors acknowledge having a short perspective. They have tried to make this narrative as comprehensive and accurate as possible in one volume. Already Project Mercury has come to be regarded as a single episode in the history of flight and of the United States. Rather, it was many episodes, many people, many days of inspiration, frustration, and elation. . Thousands of engineers, scientists, technicians, and administrators, as well as the seven astronauts, cooperated to fulfill Mercury's goals, and this program history tries to blend and balance the personal, social, and technical facets of the project as it progressed. The authors have sought to answer unanswered questions, to answer some questions that had not been asked, and even perhaps to pose some questions that cannot be answered yet. This study is, in the legal sense of the Space Act of 1958, an "official" history of Project Mercury. But NASA and its Historical Advisory Committee have wisely recognized that history should be written, taught, and finally judged by historians, and that the ultimate responsibility for historical generalizations and interpretations should rest with the authors. Accordingly the authors have been encouraged to arrive at historical judgments independently. The organization and division of labor imposed on the narrative conforms to its chronology, to three genres of historical literature, and to the thesis that Project Mercury, from its inception in the fall of 1958, was preeminently an engineering, rather than a scientific, enterprise. Part One, entitled "Research," could be called "origins" or "antecedents." This section on the long and complex "prehistory" of Project Mercury follows a topical organization and might be seen as part of the external history of applied science. Part One recounts primarily progress in rocketry and research in space medicine, aerodynamics, and thermodynamics from the end of the Second World War to the inception of the first United States manned satellite project. The focus is on the evolutionary roles of the military services and the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, organizational nucleus of NASA. Part Two, "Development," assumes that all of the basic and most of the applied research necessary for undertaking a manned ballistic satellite project had been completed by October 1958. Thus the so-called research and development, or "R and D," phase of Mercury is mostly, if not entirely, "D" and corresponds to the.
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