Spacefaring Earth - A History of the Space Age

This engaging survey of the Space Age links science and technology with politics and popular culture, war and peace, and crises and controversies. It examines the history of spaceflight as a mirror of human thought and action across the Earth.

List of contents

Introduction Part I: The Spaceflight Visionaries 1. Parabola: Picturing the Cosmos 2. Rocket: The Space Pioneers 3. Missile: Rocket States and War 4. Satellite: Strategic Power and Geopolitics Part II: The Space Race 5. Project: Vostok and Mercury in Orbit 6. Terror: The Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Race 7. Rendezvous: Voskhod and Project Gemini 8. Apollo: The Race for the Moon Part III: The Fragile Species 9. Portraits: Our Expanding Universe 10. Bodies: Living and Cooperating in Space 11. Orbits: Planet Earth from Outer Space 12. Thresholds: Shuttles, Star Wars, and Stations. Epilogue A Note on Non-English Sources

About the author

Michael G. Smith is Professor of History at Purdue University. He is the author of Rockets and Revolution: A Cultural History of Early Spaceflight (2014) and The Rocket Lab: Maurice Zucrow, Purdue University and America's Race to Space (2023).

Summary

This engaging survey of the Space Age links science and technology with politics and popular culture, war and peace, and crises and controversies. It examines the history of spaceflight as a mirror of human thought and action across the Earth.

Product details

• Authors: Michael G. Smith, Michael G. (Purdue University Smith, Smith Michael G.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032799025
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3279902-5
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; SCIENCE / History, space exploration, History of Science, Space Science, SCIENCE / Space Science / Space Exploration