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Breaking the chains of gravity : the story of spaceflight before NASA by Amy Shira Teitel is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>The revealing backstory of spaceflight before the establishment of NASA.</b><br><br>NASA's history is a familiar story, culminating with the agency successfully landing men on the moon in 1969, but its <i>prehistory</i> is an important and rarely told tale. <i>Breaking the Chains of Gravity</i> looks at the evolving roots of America's space program--the scientific advances, the personalities, and the rivalries between the various arms of the United States military.<br><br>America's space a
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Amy Shira Teitel
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc; Bloomsbury Sigma
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781472911193
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Engineering, Nature, History
- Rating
- 4.05 / 5 (119 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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