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122) Space shuttle: the history of the National Space Transportation System : the first 100 missions
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126) Military machines
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This book describes military vehicles used on land, in the air, and at sea, including tanks, jeeps, helicopters, Atlas rockets, and fighter jets.
128) Man in Space
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This program from the series Rockets! is the story of the Space Race. This episode focuses on the quest to build gigantic rockets that would power men to the moon. The Russian aerospace engineer Sergei Korolev took the early lead, building the first rockets that took satellites into space and men into orbit. President Kennedy found it unthinkable that America would fall behind and committed the nation to reaching the moon first.
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This video traces the history of U.S. air power from its official beginning in 1907. It highlights the early days of aviation, the overwhelming might of airpower in World War II and the Korean War, establishment of the Air Force as a separate service in 1947, and the vital role airpower played in Vietnam. It also shows the increasing use of transports to airlift food and medicine to disaster victims, as well as troops and equipment. Lastly, the video...
131) Gravitation
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Although gravity is the weakest of the fundamental forces, it is nevertheless the most universal-and the easiest to demonstrate! This program demystifies the properties and behavior of gravity with the help of real-world illustrations and animated graphics. Topics include the four fundamental forces or interactions; Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation; the physics involved in microgravity environments; the role played by gravity in the trajectories...