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The Penguin book of outer space exploration

The Penguin book of outer space exploration

John M. Logsdon, Bill Nye

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"Using items in the NASA archive together with expert narrative guidance, this history of how Americans got to space begins with Wernher von Braun's vision for voyaging to Mars and ends with Elon Musk's contemporary plan to get there. It covers the founding of NASA, the first American astronauts in space, the moon landings, the Challenger disaster, and the Hubble Telescope repairs"--

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OL Work ID
OL19763480W

Subjects

United StatesManned space flightExplorationUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationHistoryUnited states, national aeronautics and space administrationOuter space, exploration

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