U.S. space-launch vehicle technology : Viking to space shuttle /
For nearly 50 years, a wide range of missiles and rockets has propelled U.S. satellites and spacecraft into the sky. This 2-volume work traces the evolution of this technology, from Robert Goddard's research in the 1920s through the development of the Titan missiles and launch vehicles in the 1...
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| Language: | English |
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Gainesville, Fla. :
University Press of Florida,
©2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Viking and Vanguard, 1945-1959
- Thor-Delta family of space-launch vehicles, 1958-1990
- Atlas space-launch vehicle and its upper stages, 1958-1990
- Scout Family of space-launch vehicles, 1956-1990
- Saturn I through Saturn V, 1958-1975
- Titan space-launch vehicles, 1961-1990
- Space shuttle, 1972-1991
- Art of rocket engineering
- App. Notable technological achievements.
