Touching space : the story of Project Manhigh / Gregory P. Kennedy.
Touching space : the story of Project Manhigh / Gregory P. Kennedy.
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Publisher
Atglen, PA : Schiffer Military History, c2007.
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NQ358.40097/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
134 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
Atglen, PA : Schiffer Military History, c2007.
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"Project Manhigh took humans to the threshold of space using balloons. In the 1950s, a small band of Air Force doctors were on the cutting edge of the United States' space research programs. Working at the Aeromedical Field Laboratory at Holloman Air Force Base in southern New Mexico, they used balloons to carry laboratory animals followed by human...
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Touching space : the story of Project Manhigh / Gregory P. Kennedy.
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A Schiffer military history book.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 130-132) and index.
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Date Copyright
c2007.
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NQ358.40097/1
Record Identifier
74VKzJPx4WR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzJPx4WR3
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ISBN
0764327887 (pbk.)
9780764327889 (pbk.)
DDC
358.400973
MMS ID
991023410449702626
