The eagle has wings : the story of American space exploration, 1945-1975

Title
  1. The eagle has wings : the story of American space exploration, 1945-1975 / Andrew Wilson.
Published by
  1. London : British Interplanetary Society, [1982]
  2. ©1982
Author
  1. Wilson, Andrew, 1923-

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Additional authors
  1. British Interplanetary Society, publisher.
Description
  1. iv, 140 pages : illustrations, portraits; 30 cm
Uniform title
  1. Spaceflight. Supplement.
Subject
  1. United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  2. Astronautics > United States > History
  3. Astronautics > United States > Pictorial works
  4. Rockets (Aeronautics) > United States > Pictorial works
  5. Space Flight
  6. Rockets (Aeronautics)
  7. Exploration of outer space
  8. Astronautics
  9. SPACE EXPLORATION
  10. MANNED SPACE FLIGHT
  11. NASA PROGRAMS
  12. Outer space > Exploration > History. > United States
  13. United States
  14. Outer space
  15. United States
Genre/Form
  1. Pictorial works.
  2. History.
Contents
  1. The foundations are laid: V-2, MX-774, Hermes, Bumper, Redstone, Jupiter, Thor -- Better late than never: Viking, MOUSE, Orbiter, Vanguard, Explorer, Jupiter C -- How high the moon?: Lunar proposals, Farside, Thor Able, Pioneer, Juno II, Atlas, SCORE, Atlas Able -- The moon, the planets and Ranger: Ranger, early Mariner, Atlas Centaur, Surveyor -- Man in space: Early concepts, Mercury, Big Joe, Little Joe, astronauts, flights -- Target: the moon: Lunar missions, Gemini, Titan II, Agena -- Apollo: three men at a time: CSM, LEM, Litrtle Joe II, Saturn 1, 1B, 5, Apollo fire, missions up to Apollo 10 -- Apollo and lunar orbiter: Landing sites selected, Lunar Orbiter, Apollos 11-17 -- Skylab and ASTP--Apollo lives on: Hardware, crews, flights, Skylab's demise, Apollo-Soyuz -- Back to the planets: Grand tours, Mariner, Venus, Mars, Pioneer, Jupiter, Saturn, future.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Supplement to spaceflight.