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Spaceflight: A Smithsonian Guide (Smithsonian Guides Series)

1 review
Valerie Neal, Cathleen S. Lewis, ...

MacMillan USA, 1995

A must if you want to have just one book on spaceflight!
This is a very enjoyable text covering the history and present day (up to mid-nineties) of the exploration of space. Unlike many personal accounts written by those who took part in these events, this book has an almost refreshing air of objectivity. In well-divided chapters it features an overview of spaceflight (what are the necessary elements of a workable spacecraft?) and its early ...

100 Years of Flight: A Chronology of Aerospace History, 1903-2003 (Library of Flight Series)
Frank H. Winter, F. Robert Van Der Linden

AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Ast, 2003

In just 100 years, air and space exploration has progressed from a 12-second, 120-foot flight by two brothers to nearly 30 years of sustained flight by a spacecraft, now eight billion miles from Earth, traveling at almost 40,000 miles per hour. Drawing on the extensive collection of the National Air and Space Museum (NASM), and personal collections, this full-color, beautifully illustrated book chronicles the most significant accomplishments ...

Chuck Yeager and the Bell X-1: Breaking the Sound Barrier
Dominick A. Pisano, F. Robert van der Linden, ...

"Harry N. Abrams, Inc.", 2006

Each year, millions of visitors flock to the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum to look at the Bell X-1 aircraft-the vehicle in which Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier on October 14, 1947. This in-depth look at the legendary aircraft tells the story of this momentous achievement-how the technology was developed, conflicts were resolved, and Yeager and his fellow pilots became the heroic figures depicted in The Right Stuff . A wealth ...

The First Golden Age Of Rocketry : Congreve and Hale rockets of the nineteenth century

2 reviews
Frank H. Winter

Smithsonian, 1990

When Hale and Congreve rockets RULED!
This book discusses the development of powder war rockets during the 18th and 19th centuries and their use. A curious footnote to military history, the problems involved with such rockets and the increasing lethality and accuracy of conventional artillery overshadowed them and led to the termination of their use . . . until 20th Century technology improved rocketry. A great book!