The Complete Book of Spacecraft: Rockets, Shuttles, Satellites, and Space Stations - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Michael H. Gorn, Davide Sivolella, Giuseppe de Chiara (Illustrator)Publish date:8/26/2025Pages:264
Language:EnglishPublisher:Motorbooks InternationalISBN-13:9780760395073ISBN-10:760395071UPC:9780760395073Book Category:Science, Technology & Engineering, TransportationBook Subcategory:Space Science, Aeronautics & Astronautics, AviationBook Topic:Space Exploration, HistorySize:11.00 x 9.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:3.2121Product ID:SCCHG5S5QT
The Complete Book of Spacecraft: Rockets, Shuttles, Satellites, and Space Stations
Marvel at the history of space exploration through its daring vehicles, exhaustively chronicled in this authoritative volume featuring more than 250 artworks. In 1957, the world looked on with both uncertainty and amazement as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made orbiter. Sputnik 1 would spend three months circling Earth every 98 minutes and cover 71 million miles in the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Motorbooks InternationalISBN-13:9780760395073ISBN-10:760395071UPC:9780760395073Book Category:Science, Technology & Engineering, TransportationBook Subcategory:Space Science, Aeronautics & Astronautics, AviationBook Topic:Space Exploration, HistorySize:11.00 x 9.40 x 1.00 inchesWeight:3.2121Product ID:SCCHG5S5QT
Michael H. Gorn served formerly as deputy Air Force historian and as chief historian of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. He earned a doctorate in history from the University of Southern California. Gorn is the author of more than a dozen books, including NASA's Forgotten Genius: Hugh L. Dryden and the Foundations of the American Space Program, and he has been featured in interviews on BBC,...
Publisher: Motorbooks International
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Enlarged Edition
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Michael H. Gorn, Davide Sivolella, Giuseppe de Chiara (Illustrator)
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