000724892 000__ 03190cam\a2200469Ii\4500 000724892 001__ 724892 000724892 005__ 20230306140557.0 000724892 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 000724892 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 000724892 008__ 141217t20142015nyua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 000724892 019__ $$a908087769 000724892 020__ $$a9781493913077$$qelectronic book 000724892 020__ $$a1493913077$$qelectronic book 000724892 020__ $$z9781493913060 000724892 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)ocn898213789 000724892 035__ $$aSP(OCoLC)898213789$$z(OCoLC)908087769 000724892 040__ $$aN$T$$beng$$erda$$epn$$cN$T$$dN$T$$dGW5XE$$dYDXCP$$dOCLCF$$dIDEBK$$dCDX$$dEBLCP 000724892 049__ $$aISEA 000724892 050_4 $$aQB500.262 000724892 08204 $$a629.4$$223 000724892 1001_ $$aEvans, Ben,$$d1976-$$eauthor. 000724892 24514 $$aThe twenty-first century in space$$h[electronic resource] /$$cBen Evans. 000724892 264_1 $$a[New York] :$$bSpringer,$$c[2014] 000724892 264_4 $$c©2015 000724892 300__ $$a1 online resource (xi, 519 pages) :$$bcolor illustrations. 000724892 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000724892 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 000724892 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 000724892 4901_ $$aSpringer-Praxis books in space exploration 000724892 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 000724892 5050_ $$aAuthor's preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Shuttle at the crossroads; A ""NEW"" SPACE SHUTTLE; AN AMBITIOUS MISSION; GLIMMERS OF THE FUTURE; MISSION FOR JAPAN; ""WEIRD SCIENCE""; RECORD RENDEZVOUS; A PRECURSOR TO SPACE STATION; RECORD-SETTERS; 2 A new partnership; VOYAGE OF DESTINY; AN AMERICAN 'LIVING' IN SPACE; ""ATLANTIS IN FREE DRIFT""; AN 'INTERNATIONAL' SPACE STATION; A 'PERMANENT' AMERICAN PRESENCE?; 3 Preparing for Space Station; VISITING A NATIONAL ICON; BROKEN ANKLE, BROKEN PLANS, BROKEN RECORD; TECHNOLOGY FOR SPACE STATION; LAST CHANCE SPACEWALKS; SCIENCE FOR SPACE STATION 000724892 5058_ $$aEND OF THE OLD ERAPOWERFUL X-RAY EYES; REVISITING A NATIONAL ICON; 4 Steps to the future; FIRE!; A TROUBLED SUMMER; ARRIVAL OF 'THE WOLFMAN'; THE FINAL VOYAGES; A GLIMPSE OF THE FUTURE; 5 New millennium; BRAVE NEW WORLD; THE END OF MIR; A NEW DAWN; EPILOGUE: THE NEW MILLENNIUM; Bibliography; Index 000724892 506__ $$aAccess limited to authorized users. 000724892 520__ $$aThis final entry in the History of Human Space Exploration mini-series by Ben Evans continues with an in-depth look at the latter part of the 20th century and the start of the new millennium. Picking up where Partnership in Space left off, the story commemorating the evolution of manned space exploration unfolds in further detail. More than fifty years after Yuri Gagarin's pioneering journey into space, Evans extends his overview of how that momentous voyage continued through the decades which followed. The Twenty-first Century in Space, the sixth book in the series, explores how the fledgli. 000724892 650_0 $$aManned space flight$$y21st century. 000724892 651_0 $$aOuter space$$xExploration$$y21st century. 000724892 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aEvans, Ben$$tThe Twenty-first Century in Space$$dNew York, NY : Springer New York,c2014$$z9781493913060 000724892 830_0 $$aSpringer-Praxis books in space exploration. 000724892 852__ $$bebk 000724892 85640 $$3SpringerLink$$uhttps://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4939-1307-7$$zOnline Access$$91397441.1 000724892 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:724892$$pGLOBAL_SET 000724892 980__ $$aEBOOK 000724892 980__ $$aBIB 000724892 982__ $$aEbook 000724892 983__ $$aOnline 000724892 994__ $$a92$$bISE