The Greatest Adventure A History of Human Space Exploration / Colin Burgess.

The Greatest Adventure explores the past, present, and future of the space race. The book then takes the reader on a journey through the following decades of space exploration to the present time, detailing the many successes, tragedies, risks, and rewards of space exploration.

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Main Author: Burgess, Colin, 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Reaktion Books, Limited, 2021.
Series:Kosmos Ser.
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505 0 |a Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. The Reality of Tomorrow -- 2. First Into Outer Space -- 3. Into Orbit -- 4. Stepping Into the Void -- 5. Tragedy on the Launch Pad -- 6. Eyes on the Moon -- 7. One Giant Leap -- 8. Soviet Setback and Skylab -- 9. Recovering the Soyuz / Salyut Missions -- 10. Space Shuttles and the ISS -- 11. Expanding the Space Frontier -- Epilogue: Our Future in Space -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index 
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