Bibliograph

Rocket age, the race to the moon and what it took to get there, George D. Morgan

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Rocket age, the race to the moon and what it took to get there, George D. Morgan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

plates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Rocket age

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1112386854

Responsibility statement

George D. Morgan

Sub title

the race to the moon and what it took to get there

Summary

"Rocket Age traces the history of spaceflight innovation from Robert Goddard's early experiments with liquid fuel rockets, through World War II and the work of Wernher von Braun and his German engineers, on to the postwar improvements made by Sergei Korolev and his team in the Soviet Union, and culminating with the historic Moon walk made by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. From designers to engineers, and even communication specialists and the builders who assembled these towering rockets, hundreds of thousands of people worked on getting humans to the Moon, yet only a few have been recognized for their contributions. Author George D. Morgan sets the record straight by shining a light on these forgotten figures of space travel"--, Provided by publisher

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