10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPACE AGE»
Discover the use of
space age in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
space age and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Dictionary of the
Space Age
Word histories for major terms are detailed in a conversational tone, and technical terms are deciphered for the interested student and lay reader. This is a must-own reference for space history buffs.
2
Where's My
Space Age?: The Rise and Fall of Futuristic Design
Where's My Space Age? charts the rise and fall of the space age aesthetic and highlights a trend among contemporary artists to question this deceptively complex period.
3
Memories of the
space age
All of the Cape Canaveral and related fiction is collected in the present volume, including several previously unreprinted works by this visionary master.
4
Wings: A History of Aviation from Kites to the
Space Age
A narrative history of the development of human flight discusses how the enthusiasm of various amateurs gave way to the aviation industry, citing the periods of setback and danger that marked the achievements of numerous flight pioneers.
5
Celebrating the
Space Age: 50 Years of
Space Technology, 40 ...
This publication contains the proceedings of the 2007 conference - Celebrating the Space Age: 50 Years of Space Technology, 40 Years of the Outer Space Treaty - on the issue of space security, the peaceful uses of outer space and the ...
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research. Annual Conference, 2007
6
Rocket Dreams: How the
Space Age Shaped Our Vision of a ...
Rocket Dreams is about those solutions...about the places where the space program landed. In Rocket Dreams, an extraordinarily talented young writer named Marina Benjamin will take you on a journey to those landing sites.
7
Astropolitik: Classical Geopolitics in the
Space Age
This volume identifies and evaluates the relationship between outer-space geography and geographic position (astrogeography), and the evolution of current and future military space strategy.
8
Astronautics: Dawn of the space age
Chronicling the history of space rocketry, this resource details the discoveries and engineering innovations that have occurred—in both the United States and the former Soviet Union—from World War II to the early 1970s.
9
Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Rivalries that Ignited the ...
For the 50th anniversary of Sputnik, the artificial satellite launched by the Russians in 1957, Brzezinskis book vividly recounts the true story of the birth of the space age in dramatic detail, bringing it to life as never before.
10
The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the
Space Age
Drawing on exhaustive research, author and ORBIS editor Walter A. McDougall examines U.S., European, and Soviet space programs and their politics. 25 illustrations.
Walter A. McDougall, 2008
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPACE AGE»
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space age is used in the context of the following news items.
Airstream: More Space Age than SpaceX
Airstream took notice of the curves and the peephole windows and the Mondrian-like cabinetry and the Japanese style space-saving solutions and hired Deam ... «Town and Country Magazine, Jun 15»
'Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age' exhibition at the Science …
The exhibition tells the remarkable story of scientific and technological ingenuity that kick-started the space age with a record number of firsts for the Soviet ... «Russia Beyond the Headlines, May 15»
Welcome To The Inflatable Space Age
This morning Robert Bigelow—budget hotel billionaire; paranormal investigator; space entrepreneur—unveiled the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) ... «Popular Science, Mar 15»
Rarely Seen Images From Space Including the 'Best Selfie Ever'
Hundreds of photographs from the early years of the space age are for sale. That includes the first image taken from space — from an altitude of 65 miles by a ... «New York Times, Feb 15»
Rebranding NASA For A New Space Age
Since the 2011 shuttering of the space shuttle program, NASA has been more aggressively revamping its image as both deep-space pioneer and partner to a ... «Co.Create, Dec 14»
Difficult birth for a new space age
In the past decade, the space industry has tried to go from risky and government-run to routine private enterprise – so routine that if you have lots of money you ... «The National, Nov 14»
Hear the space age unfold on NASA's historic SoundCloud account
Everyone's favorite beleaguered space agency has been posting a treasure trove of audio clips that span the space age to its SoundCloud account (just in time ... «Engadget, Oct 14»
Solar Winds Could Stymie Manned Space-Age Missions
He notes that throughout most of the space age, the sun's activity has shown a clockwork 11-year cycle, with approximately six- to eight-year lulls in activity (solar ... «The Daily Galaxy, Oct 14»
Rosetta spacecraft days away from comet rendezvous, a Space Age …
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is scheduled to catch up with a comet Wednesday, the end of a harrowing journey 10 years in the making. «Los Angeles Times, Aug 14»
Bill Dana dies at 83; NASA test pilot helped usher in space age
William Harvey Dana, the famed test pilot who helped usher in the space age in the 1960s by routinely flying rocket planes to new supersonic speeds and ... «Los Angeles Times, May 14»
