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William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer by Douglas J. Mudgway, National Aeronautics and Administration

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William H. Pickering: America's Deep Space Pioneer

Douglas J. Mudgway, National Aeronautics and Administration

272 pages paperback

5 editions

nonfiction autobiography biography science technology informative medium-paced
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On the first day of February 1958, three men held aloft a model of Explorer 1, America's first Earth satellite, for the press photographers. That image of William Pickering, Wernher von Braun, and James Van Allen became an icon for America's respo...

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