01984cam a2200385 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000300011402000270014404000360017104100080020704200080021505000250022308200140024810000330026224500620029524600170035726400430037430000470041733600210046433700250048533800230051049000450053350400510057850502750062952005620090465000200146665000380148665000290152483000450155320594034BJBSDDR20240424125818.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta171029s2018    maua     b    001 0 eng c  a  2017042784  a9780262536332 (softcover)  a0262536331 (softcover)  aLBSOR/DLCbengcLBSORerdadDLC  aeng  apcc14aTL 788.5bN482s 201800a629.4/1091 aNeufeld, Michael J., d1951-10aSpaceflight : ba concise history / cMichael J. Neufeld.3 aSpace flight 1aCambridge, MA :bThe MIT Press,c2018.  axiii, 233 pages :billustrations ;c18 cm.  atext2rdacontent  aunmediated2rdamedia  avolume2rdacarrier1 aThe MIT Press essential knowledge series  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aIntroduction
Spaceflight dreams and military imperatives
The Cold War space race
Space science and exploration
A global space infrastructure
Astroculture : spaceflight and the imagination
Human spaceflight after the cold war
Epilogue : the past and future of spaceflight  aA concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today. Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of the twentieth century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957; less than twelve years later, the American Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon. In this volume of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Michael Neufeld offers a concise history of spaceflight, mapping the full spectrum of activities that humans have developed in space. 4aAstronáutica  4aEspacio exterior xExploración  4aVuelo espacial tripulado 0aThe MIT Press essential knowledge series