USA in space / edited by David G. Fisher

Published: Ipswich, Massachusetts : Salem Press : Grey House Publishing, [2019]
Copyright Date: ©2019
Edition: Fourth edition.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (3 volumes) : color illustrations
Additional Creators: Fisher, David G. and Gale (Firm)

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volume 1. Air traffic control satellites -- Amateur radio satellites -- Ames Research Center -- Ansari X prize -- Apollo program -- Apollo program : command and service module -- Apollo program : developmental flights -- Apollo program : geological results -- Apollo program : lunar lander training vehicles -- Apollo program : lunar module -- Apollo program : orbital and lunar surface experiments -- Apollo 1 -- Apollo 7 -- Apollo 8 -- Apollo 9 -- Apollo 10 -- Apollo 11 -- Apollo 12 -- Apollo 13 -- Apollo 14 -- Apollo 15 -- Apollo 15's lunar rover -- Apollo 16 -- Apollo 17 -- Apollo-Soyuz test project -- Applications technology satellites -- Asteroid redirect mission -- Astronauts and the U.S. astronaut program -- Atlas launch vehicles -- Atmospheric laboratory for applications and science -- Attack satellites -- Biosatellites -- Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy Space Center -- Chandra x-ray observatory -- Clementine mission to the moon -- Commercial crewed vehicles -- Compton gamma ray observatory -- Cooperation in space : U.S. and Russian -- Dawn mission -- Deep impact -- Deep space network -- Delta launch vehicles -- Dynamics explorers -- Early-warning satellites -- Earth observing system satellites -- Electronic intelligence satellites -- Environmental science services administration satellites -- Escape from piloted spacecraft -- Ethnic and gender diversity in the space program -- Europa clipper -- Explorers : air density -- Explorers : astronomy -- Explorers : atmosphere -- Explorers : ionosphere -- Explorers : micrometeoroid -- Explorers : radio astronomy -- Explorers : solar -- Explorers 1-7 -- Extravehicular activity -- Extreme ultraviolet explorer -- Far ultraviolet spectroscopic explorer -- Funding procedures of space programs -- Galaxy evolution explorer -- Galileo : Jupiter -- Gamma-ray large area space telescope -- Gemini program -- Gemini spacecraft -- Gemini 3 -- Gemini IV -- Gemini V -- Gemini VI-A and VII - Gemini VIII -- Gemini IX-A and X -- Gemini XI and XII -- Geodetic satellites -- Geostationary operational envrionmental satellites (GOES) -- Get-away special experiments -- Global atmospheric research program -- Global positioning system -- Goddard Space Flight Center -- Gravity probe B -- Heat capacity mapping mission -- High-energy astronomical observatories -- Hubble space telescope -- Hubble space telescope : science -- Hubble space telescope : servicing missions -- Huygens lander -- Infrared astronomical satellite -- Intelsat communication satellites -- International Space Station : crew return vehicles -- International Space Station : design and uses -- International Space Station : development -- International Space Station : living and working accommodations -- International Space Station : modules and nodes -- International Space Station : U.S. contributions -- International Space Station : 1998 -- International Space Station : 1999 -- International Space Station : 2000 -- International Space Station : 2001 -- International Space Station : 2002 -- International Space Station : 2003 -- International Space Station : 2004 -- International Space Station : 2005 -- International Space Station : 2006 -- International Space Station : 2007 -- International Space Station : 2008 -- International Space Station : 2009 -- International Space Station : 2010 -- International Space Station : 2011 -- International Space Station : utilization years -- International sun-earth explorers -- volume 2. International Ultraviolet Explorer -- Interplanetary monitoring platform satellites -- ITOS and NOAA meteorological satellites -- James Webb space telescope -- Jet propulsion laboratory -- Johnson Space Center -- Juno probe -- Kepler space telescope -- Landsat 1, 2, and 3 -- Landsat 4 and 5 -- Landsat 7 -- Langley Research Center -- Launch vehicles -- Launch vehicles : reusable -- Lewis Field and Glenn Research Center -- Lifting bodies -- Lunar exploration -- Lunar orbiters -- Lunar prospector -- Magellan : Venus -- Manned maneuvering unit -- Manned orbiting laboratory -- Marine 1 and 2 -- Mariner 3 and 4 -- Mariner 5 -- Mariner 6 and 7 -- Mariner 8 and 9 -- Mariner 10 -- Mars climate orbiter and Mars polar lander -- Mars exploration rovers -- Mars global surveyor -- Mars InSight -- Mars Observer -- Mars Odyssey -- Mars Pathfinder -- Mars Phoenix -- Mars reconnaissance orbiter -- Marshall Space Flight Center -- Materials processing in space -- Mercury Project -- Mercury Project development -- Mercury Spacecraft -- Mercury-Redstone 3 -- Mercury RedStone 4 -- Mercury-Atlas 6 -- Mercury-Atlas 7 -- Mercury-Atlas 8 -- Mercury-Atlas 9 -- MESSENGER -- Meteorological satellites -- Meteorological satellites : military -- Mission to planet earth -- Mobile satellite system -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- National AeroSpace Plane -- National Commission on Space -- Navigation satellites -- New horizons Pluto-Kuiper Belt Mission -- New Millennium program -- Nimbus meteorological satellites -- Nuclear detection satellites -- Nuclear energy in space -- Ocean surveillance satellites -- Orbiting astronomical observatories -- Orbiting geophysical observatories -- Orbiting solar observations -- OSIRIS-REx -- Parker Solar Probe -- Pegasus launch vehicles -- Pioneer missions 1-5 -- Pioneer missions 6-E -- Pioneer 10 -- Pioneer 11 -- Pioneer Venus 1 -- Pioneer Venus 2 -- Planetary exploration -- Private industry and space exploration -- Ranger program -- Rocketry : early history -- Rocketry : modern history -- Russia's Mir Space Station -- Saturn launch vehicles -- Search and rescue satellites -- Search for extraterrestrial life -- Seasat -- Shuttle amateur radio experiment -- Skylab 2 -- Skylab 3 -- Skylab 4 -- Skylab program -- Skylab Space Station -- Small explorer program -- SMS and GOES meteorological satellites -- Solar and heliospheric observatory -- Solar Maximum Mission -- Soyuz and progress spacecraft -- Soyuz launch vehicle -- Space centers, spaceports, and launch sites -- Space shuttle -- Space shuttle : ancestors -- Space shuttle : approach and landing test flights -- Space shuttle : life science laboratories -- Space shuttle : living accommodations -- Space shuttle : microgravity laboratories and payloads -- Space shuttle : radar imaging laboratories -- volume 3. and Space Shuttle Mission STS-1 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-2 -- Space Shuttle Flights, 1982 -- Space Shuttle Flights, 1983 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-6 -- Space Shuttle Flights, 1984 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS 41-B -- Space Shuttle Mission STS 41-C -- Space Shuttle Mission STS 51-A -- Space Shuttle Flights, January-June, 1985 -- Space Shuttle Flights, July-December, 1985 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS 51-I -- Space Shuttle Mission STS 61-C -- Space Shuttle Mission STS 51-L -- Space shuttle activity, 1986-1988 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-26 -- Space shuttle flights, 1989 -- Space shuttle flights, 1990 -- Space shuttle flights, 1991 -- Space shuttle flights, 1992 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-49 -- Space shuttle flights, 1993 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-61 -- Space shuttle flights, 1994 -- Space shuttle flights, 1995 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-63 -- Space Shuttle-Mir : joint missions -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-71/Mir Primary Expedition Eighteen -- Space shuttle flights, 1996 -- Space shuttle flights, 1997 -- Space shuttle flights, 1998 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-95 -- Space shuttle flights, 1999 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-93 -- Space shuttle flights, 2000 -- Space shuttle flights, 2001 -- Space shuttle flights, 2002 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-107 -- Space shuttle activity, 2003-2004 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-114 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-120 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-125 -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-133, final flight discovery -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-134, final flight of endeavour -- Space Shuttle Mission STS-135, final flight of Atlantis -- Space stations : origins and development -- Space suit development -- Space task group -- Spaceflight tracking and data network -- SPACEHAB -- Spacelab program -- SpaceShipOne -- SpaceX -- Spitzer space telescope -- Spy satellites -- Stardust Project -- Strategic Defense Initiative -- Stratospheric aerosol and gas experiment -- Surveyor program -- Swift Gamma Ray Burst Mission -- Telecommunications satellites : martitime -- Telecommunications satellites : military -- Telecommunications satellites : passive relay -- Telecommunications satellites : private and commercial -- Telescopes : air and space -- Tethered satellite system -- TIROS meteorological satellites -- Titan launch vehicles -- Tracking and data-relay communications satellites -- Ulysses : Solar Polar Mission -- United Space Alliance -- United States Space Command -- Upper atmosphere research satellite -- Vandenbreg Air Force Base -- Vanguard Program -- Viking Program -- Viking 1 and 2 -- Voyager Program -- Voyager 1 : Jupiter -- Voyager 1 : Saturn -- Voyager 2 : Jupiter -- Voyager 2 : Saturn -- Voyager 2 : Uranus -- Voyager 2 : Neptune -- Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe -- X-15 -- X-20 Dyna-Soar.

Summary

This edition assembles information from numerous fields of knowledge relevant to the study of space, including major space programs, piloted and robotic missions, satellites, space centers, space planes, biographies, and more, from the earliest missions to the present. Includes new essays on the history of rocket science, plus the latest missions - both piloted, such as those to the International Space Station, and science missions such as the Mars Rovers and Deep Impact.

Subject(s)

Astronautics—United States

ISBN

9781642653144 (electronic book)
9781642653137

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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