China in Space [E-Book] : The Great Leap Forward / by Brian Harvey.
In 2019, China astonished the world by landing a spacecraft and rover on the far side of the Moon, something never achieved by any country before. China had already become the world's leading spacefaring nation by rockets launched, sending more into orbit than any other. China is now a great sp...
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Personal Name(s): | Harvey, Brian, author |
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2nd edition 2019. |
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Springer,
2019
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Physical Description: |
XII, 552 pages 231 illustrations, 225 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
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9783030195885 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-030-19588-5 |
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Space Exploration
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- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- About the Author
- Author's Introduction
- Chapter 1: The far side of the Moon
- Chapter 2: Medieval rockets to first satellites
- Chapter 3: New rockets, launch sites and ships
- Chapter 4: Science and technology
- Chapter 5: Communications
- Chapter 6: Applications and military
- Chapter 7: Manned flight
- Chapter 8: To the Moon and Mars
- Chapter 9: China in perspective
- Glossary
- Appendix 1: Timeline of key dates in China's space program
- Appendix 2: List of Chinese space launchings
- Bibliography
- Index.