FAR SIGHT & FLOTSAM
Penulis | : | MEG URRY [-] |
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Jenis Koleksi | : | Jurnal elektronik |
Penerbit | : | Astronomi |
Fakultas | : | Fakultas Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam |
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Kata Kunci | : | Space |
Sumber | : | 36 | Nature | Vol 575 | 21 November 2019 |
Staf Input/Edit | : | pustaka bosscha |
File | : | 0 file |
Tanggal Input | : | 11 Des 2019 |
The space age erupted with a flurry of satellites. The first two Soviet Sputniks launched in 1957, soon followed by the US Explorer I and Vanguard I. In 1959, spurred on by cold-war tensions, NASA selected seven men as astronauts for its Project Mercury programme. (Thirteen women who passed the same hurdles, courtesy
of a private, parallel programme, were vetoed.) Barely a decade later, NASA’s Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon.