Echoes Among the Starsby Patrick J. Walsh | |
| Category: |
"Nature/Science" |
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| Pages: | 179 |
| Year of Publication: | 2000 |
| Date Added: | 08/12/2006 |
| Date Read: | 03/31/2002 |
| Notes: | Subtitle: A Short History of the U.S. Space Program An overview of the American space program, from the V-2 rockets of Nazi Germany to John Glenn's historic return to space in 1998. Walsh succinctly recounts the early successes of the Mercury and Gemini missions that paved the way for the Apollo moon landings as well as the Skylab and Apollo-Soyuz mission that marked the end of the first era of U.S. manned space flight. |
| My Rating: | 7 |