The Chinese space program is one of the least well-known national programmes of space exploration. Yet astronomy, rocketry, and space exploration have a long tradition in the rocket was invented there and the Chinese space programme was formally established in 1956, before the first Sputnik even orbited the Earth.
Language
English
Pages
200
Format
Hardcover
Release
March 24, 1998
ISBN 13
9780471975885
The Chinese Space Programme: From Conception to Future Capabilities (Wiley-Praxis Series in Space Science and Technology)
The Chinese space program is one of the least well-known national programmes of space exploration. Yet astronomy, rocketry, and space exploration have a long tradition in the rocket was invented there and the Chinese space programme was formally established in 1956, before the first Sputnik even orbited the Earth.