China in Space The Great Leap Forward /

• Main Author: Harvey, Brian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2019.
• Series: Space Exploration
• Subjects: Technology.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Space sciences.; China-History.; Popular Science in Technology.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics).; History of China.

In 2019, China astonished the world by landing a spacecraft and rover on the far side of the Moon, something never achieved by any country before. China had already become the world's leading spacefaring nation by rockets launched, sending more into orbit than any other. China is now a great sp...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Dedication
• About the Author
• Author's Introduction
• Chapter 1: The far side of the Moon
• Chapter 2: Medieval rockets to first satellites
• Chapter 3: New rockets, launch sites and ships
• Chapter 4: Science and technology
• Chapter 5: Communications
• Chapter 6: Applications and military
• Chapter 7: Manned flight
• Chapter 8: To the Moon and Mars
• Chapter 9: China in perspective
• Glossary
• Appendix 1: Timeline of key dates in China's space program
• Appendix 2: List of Chinese space launchings
• Bibliography
• Index.