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In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. With just a handful of years to pu
How NASA Learned to Fly in Space
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Pages: 300
Authors: David Michael Harland
Categories: Nature
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The social context in which NASA learned to fly in space, with an explicit mandate to reach the moon set against a tight deadline, is described in this historic
Blue Gemini
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Categories: Fiction
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Scott Ourecky wanted to fly—he never dreamed he'd end up in a secret military space program. The year is 1968: The Cold War is far from over, nuclear annihila
Gemini 5
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This third book of the Gemini mission series focuses on the flight that simulated in Earth orbit the duration of an eight-day Apollo mission to the Moon. After
Gemini 4
Language: en
Pages: 378
Authors: David J. Shayler
Categories: Science
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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