Spaceflight, 2nd Version: The Full Story from Sputnik to Curiousity
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This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in house, from Sputnik’s launch in 1957 by way of the Apollo Moon landings and the Worldwide Area Station to future missions to Mars and past.
Spaceflight chronicles how, within the half-century that adopted Sputnik, the world was revolutionized by house journey and exploration. The opening up of Earth’s orbit to satellites led to a revolution in communications, monitoring of the atmosphere, and supplies science. For the human creativeness, the impression has been even better: the voyages of robotic house probes have reworked our view of the Photo voltaic System, whereas Earth-orbiting satellites and missions to the Moon have ceaselessly modified our view of ourselves.
This e-book is a celebration of human ingenuity and creativeness. From the work of pioneers like Wernher von Braun, Yuri Gagarin, and Neil Armstrong to the triumphs and tragedies that adopted, it reveals the individuals, science, and expertise which have propelled us into the Area Age.
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Writer : DK; 2nd version (April 2, 2019)
Language : English
Hardcover : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1465479651
ISBN-13 : 978-1465479655
Merchandise Weight : 3.78 kilos
Dimensions : 9.69 x 1.04 x 11.44 inches
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Clients discover the e-book nice on the historical past of manned house flight. They admire the illustrations and pacing. Readers additionally point out it is a great, unbiased account of the dramatic house race between the US and the Soviet Union. They are saying it is a tech memento and an important addition to their libraries.
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William Molner –
The new second edition, while still excellent, is a bit smaller in size than the first edition
This is an excellent encyclopedic book on the history as well as current state of space travel from the earliest rockets through future space colonization. It is profusely illustrated with many large detailed drawings and photographs, as well as 3D cutaways of space ships, space stations, and rockets. Anyone who has any interest in space travel and exploration will enjoy this book. This second edition is an updated version of the first edition but in many respects contains the same pages for many entries without change (presumably because historically nothing had changed between the first and second editions for such coverage). But the new second edition is smaller in size than the first and all photographs and illustrations are likewise downsized from the first edition, albeit not by that much. The first edition dimensions are 10.3 x 1 x 12.1 inches while the second edition is 9.7 x 1 x 11.4 inches. The second edition is still a large book though. I plan to keep both in my library because I personally like the larger illustrations and photos of the first edition (but that’s just me). Both editions have the same page length of 320 pages, despite what the product details for the first edition on the Amazon page for that edition states (ie, 360 pages).
PPoppins –
Great book!
Lots of information and great pictures. Grandson loved it and read from cover to cover! Loves to tell me all about what he has learned!!!!!
Eldonna Williamson –
Great experience
All as expected. Thank you!!
Jim K. –
Very interesting!
It is a tech keepsake. It has important photos. It includes photos and information of the Soviet (and other countries) space program(s).
G. Rhodes –
Overall a great book, but left out a main contributor to spaceflightâ¦
Over, this is a great book with excellent visuals and pretty good text (could have used more written text), but left out what I believe is a huge contributor to spaceflight. That would be ULA (United Launch Alliance).
Ian Mack –
Great book about history of space exploration
This a wonderful book with unbiased account of the dramatic space race between USA and Soviet Union.
Amazon shopper –
Great book.
Beautiful book. I bought one for my niece after receiving mine. Lots of illustrations. Great add to my library.
Stratcat –
A must have on space exploration
Great book on the history of manned space flight. Beautifully illustrated and organized.
engineer –
The Space Flight book is full of pictures from the Moon landing days, very nicely presented and described. I like it, and I think it would help give some perspective to kids who are learning about planets, the universe, and rockets. Very nice book!
Milton Lima de Oliveira –
Fantástico livro. Vale muito a pena!!!
jSmith –
Es un libro grande, con tapas de cartón duro. Las imágenes son muy buenas, aunque se les queda la marca de los dedos. El autor un poco sesgado.
Anuar Alarcon –
Un titulo con el sello distintivo DK! Simplemente increible, tanto el formato como la calidad y la edicion. Un libro de coleccion.
lululondon –
I bought this book last minute via prime as an extra gift for my son’s 9th birthday in May 2020. He had recently resumed his interest in all things space and particularly the history of the space race and the science of rockets. Well, it’s fair to say it was his favorite gift and he didn’t put it down the entire summer. It was the only book he took with him on a week away in Wales in the summer and he read it almost every day for weeks on end. He has learned so much, and when it came time to go back to a re opened school in Sept after 6 months of being home, he really didn’t want to return. But we found out that the first term’s learning module would be on…SPACE! And that made all the difference. I don’t think this book is aimed at kids in particular, but I just wanted parents to know if they have a child who is interested in space and exploration and science, this is brilliantly laid out: a good balance of textual information with photos and images. Lots of history, intrigue, info rich but not dry at all. A winner!