000342697 000__ 04391cam\a2200349\a\4500 000342697 001__ 342697 000342697 005__ 20210513124041.0 000342697 008__ 090108s2009\\\\nyuab\\\\b\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000342697 010__ $$a 2009000649 000342697 020__ $$a9780061565267 000342697 020__ $$a0061565261 000342697 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn262886279 000342697 035__ $$a342697 000342697 040__ $$aDLC$$cDLC$$dYDX$$dBTCTA$$dYDXCP$$dWIQ$$dIHI$$dBWX$$dVP@$$dMOF$$dABG$$dCTB$$dCDX$$dT7B 000342697 043__ $$azo----- 000342697 049__ $$aISEA 000342697 05000 $$aQB500.262$$b.L384 2009 000342697 08200 $$a500.5$$222 000342697 1001_ $$aLaunius, Roger D. 000342697 24510 $$aSmithsonian atlas of space exploration /$$cRoger D. Launius & Andrew K. Johnston. 000342697 24630 $$aAtlas of space exploration 000342697 250__ $$a1st ed. 000342697 260__ $$aNew York, NY :$$bHarperCollins,$$cc2009. 000342697 300__ $$a230 p. :$$bill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ;$$c31 cm. 000342697 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000342697 5050_ $$aEnvisioning space. Ancient observatories ; The Ptolemaic and Copernican models of the universe ; Kepler-Newton : something new under the sun -- Beginning the Space Age. The origins of rocketry ; Robert H. Goddard and the development of American rocketry ; Wernher von Braun and the V-2 ; The popularization of space ; Considering the moon ; The lure of the Red Planet ; Concepts for missions to the moon and Mars ; The Space Age begins : Sputnik and Explorer ; The discovery of the Van Allen Radiation Belts -- Gateways to space. Antecedents of space launch : the X-15 and Dyna-soar programs ; How do we reach into space? : launch means and methods ; Mission control centers ; A suite of major nonpiloted launchers ; A suite of major human spaceflight launch vehicles ; The world's spaceports ; The Cape Canaveral launch complexes ; The Baikonur Soviet/Russian launch facility ; Three major launch sites : Kourou, Vandenberg, and Wallops ; Other worldwide launch sites ; Air- and sea-launch methods ; Human space launch emergency procedures ; Returning from space -- Orbiting the earth. Getting into orbit ; The first humans into space ; Developing more capabilities in space : long duration, EVA, and rendezvous and docking ; Swarms of satellites ; The nature of low earth orbit ; Supporting the Hubble Space Telescope in low earth orbit ; Seeking polar orbit ; Geostationary orbit ; Military satellites ; Unique constellations of satellites -- Reaching for the moon. The Cold War space race ; Launching NASA ; The geography of the moon ; Robotic exploration of the moon ; Lunar landing sites ; Lunar impacts and landings ; Robotic soft moon lander site plans ; Soviet rovers and sample return from the moon ; Americans to the moon : developing Saturn rocket technology ; The Apollo spacecraft and lunar module ; 1969 : the Apollo 11 and 12 landing sites ; Extending the stay on the moon : Apollos 14 and 15 ; Reaping a harvest of knowledge : Apollos 16 and 17 ; Post-Apollo lunar exploration -- Other terrestrial worlds. The inner solar system ; The geology of Mars ; Early missions to Mars ; Orbiting Mars ; Follow the water ; Geologic mapping of Mars ; Mars landing sites ; Landers on Mars ; Mars Exploration Rover A : Spirit ; Mars Exploration Rover B : Opportunity ; The geography of Venus ; Reaching for Venus ; Landings on Venus ; Exploring Mercury -- Across the solar system. Three zones of the solar system ; Studying the sun ; Chasing comets ; Asteroids and other objects ; In search of Jupiter ; The moons of Jupiter ; Galileo to Jupiter ; Exploring Saturn ; Cassini-Huygens goes to Saturn ; Saturn's moons ; Voyager 2 at Uranus ; The eighth planet : Neptune ; The Kuiper Belt ; Space navigation : looking to the stars ; At the edge of the solar system ; To the stars ; Looking into the past : mapping everything ; What are the possibilities of future spaceflight? 000342697 520__ $$aTraces the history of space exploration from Ptolomy and Copernicus to the space shuttles and Mars missions of today, and explains the geography of space flight and the ways in which space travel was shaped by Cold War politics. 000342697 651_0 $$aOuter space$$xExploration$$xHistory$$vPictorial works. 000342697 7001_ $$aJohnston, Andrew K.$$q(Andrew Kenneth),$$d1969- 000342697 7102_ $$aSmithsonian Institution. 000342697 85200 $$bgen$$hQB500.262$$i.L384$$i2009 000342697 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009000649-b.html 000342697 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1007/2009000649-d.html 000342697 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:342697$$pGLOBAL_SET 000342697 980__ $$aBIB 000342697 980__ $$aBOOK