Gemini 4 An Astronaut Steps into the Void /
The flight of Gemini 4 in June 1965 was conducted barely four years after the first Americans flew in space. It was a bold step by NASA to accomplish the first American spacewalk and to extend the U.S. flight duration record to four days. This would be double the experience gained from the six Mercu...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2018.
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Έκδοση: | 1st ed. 2018. |
Σειρά: | Space Exploration
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Stepping into the void
- Chapter 2: Dressed for the occasion
- Chapter 3: Jim and Ed
- Chapter 4: Steps towards space
- Chapter 5: School for controllers
- Chapter 6: "We're on our way, buddy!"
- Chapter 7: He's out! He's floating free
- Chapter 8: A streamlined Gemini capsule
- Chapter 9: Something else up here
- Chapter 10: This thing isn't very big
- Chapter 11: Computer malfunction
- Chapter 12: Final orbits
- Chapter 13: "We're about ready to come down!
- Chapter 14: Post-flight
- Chapter 15: A significant contribution
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- About the author
- Other works by the author
- Index.