The Atlas of Mercury
Author: Charles A. Cross
Publisher: New York : Crown Pub. Incorporated
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 56
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Atlas of Mercury
Atlas of Mercury
Mercury Atlas
Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher:
Published: 1962
Total Pages: 40
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Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Office of Legislative Affairs
Publisher:
Published: 1962
Total Pages: 40
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System
Author: Ronald Greeley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2001-11-29
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780521806336
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The exploration of our solar system by spacecraft has been one of the greatest scientific achievements of the twentieth century. The mapping of other worlds has resulted from numerous space missions by NASA, extending over many years. The data from these planetary missions have been synthesised by the US Geological Survey to produce detailed maps. Every planet, moon, or small body investigated in NASA missions is discussed and where appropriate mapped. Geological maps, reference maps, shaded relief maps, synthetic aperture radar mosaics and colour photomosaics marvellously present the features of planets and their satellites. This is truly a 'road map' of our solar system. All maps are fully indexed. The gazetteer lists the names of all features officially approved by the International Astronomical Union. The Compact NASA Atlas of the Solar System is the definitive reference atlas for planetary science.
This New Ocean
Project Mercury
Author: John Catchpole
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2001-07-26
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13: 9781852334062
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Catchpole tells the fascinating story behind the development of the first American manned space program and its associated infrastructure. He provides accounts of the space launch vehicles, astronauts and their training, tracking systems and individual flights.
Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War
Author: Jeff Shesol
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2021-06-01
Total Pages: 416
ISBN-13: 1324003251
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A riveting history of the epic orbital flight that put America back into the space race. If the United States couldn’t catch up to the Soviets in space, how could it compete with them on Earth? That was the question facing John F. Kennedy at the height of the Cold War—a perilous time when the Soviet Union built the wall in Berlin, tested nuclear bombs more destructive than any in history, and beat the United States to every major milestone in space. The race to the heavens seemed a race for survival—and America was losing. On February 20, 1962, when John Glenn blasted into orbit aboard Friendship 7, his mission was not only to circle the planet; it was to calm the fears of the free world and renew America’s sense of self-belief. Mercury Rising re-creates the tension and excitement of a flight that shifted the momentum of the space race and put the United States on the path to the moon. Drawing on new archival sources, personal interviews, and previously unpublished notes by Glenn himself, Mercury Rising reveals how the astronaut’s heroics lifted the nation’s hopes in what Kennedy called the "hour of maximum danger."
To Reach the High Frontier
Author: Roger D. Launius
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 542
ISBN-13: 9780813127217
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Most towns did not have hospitals of their own before the mid-twentieth century, and Kentucky towns were no exception. KentuckyÕs first real hospital opened in 1823, but it was in LouisvilleÑtoo far away to serve many Kentucky communities, especially in cases of emergency. For this and other reasons, the lifespan of the average Kentuckian in the 1800s was only 40 years. Today it has grown to 75, and trained medical professionals are available to most communities throughout the state. Healing Kentucky tells how medical care changed in Kentucky over 200 years and became the much safer and better system we know today. It also describes early healing practices and methods used to care for the sick in the days before safe hospitals, even on Civil War battlefields. From cholera epidemics to polio and plastic surgery, readers will learn much about the people who shaped medicine in Kentucky.
