Man in space : an illustrated history of space flight /
Man in space : an illustrated history of space flight /
edited by H.J.P. Arnold ; foreword by Captain Eugene A. Cernan.
- 240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 38 cm.
Includes index.
Dreamers, pioneers and rocket societies --
First steps into space --
Gagarin and the moon : triumph and failure --
Mercury and Gemini : the road to Apollo --
Apollo : man on the moon --
Unmanned exploration of the moon and planets --
Space stations in earth orbit : 1969-1981 --
After Apollo : Skylab and ASTP --
The Shuttle : the years of preparation --
The Shuttle in space and Salyut 7 --
The Shuttle : tragedy and recovery --
Interplanetary exploration from 1975 --
Mir and Mars : the era of Glasnost --
Space for all : the end of the superpower monopoly --
Science and applications in orbit --
The military in space --
Things to come.
Charts the remarkable history of manned spaceflight, highlighting all the major events, the increasing commercialization of space activities and the challenges of the future.
083174491X
Space flight--History.
629.45 / M.
Includes index.
Dreamers, pioneers and rocket societies --
First steps into space --
Gagarin and the moon : triumph and failure --
Mercury and Gemini : the road to Apollo --
Apollo : man on the moon --
Unmanned exploration of the moon and planets --
Space stations in earth orbit : 1969-1981 --
After Apollo : Skylab and ASTP --
The Shuttle : the years of preparation --
The Shuttle in space and Salyut 7 --
The Shuttle : tragedy and recovery --
Interplanetary exploration from 1975 --
Mir and Mars : the era of Glasnost --
Space for all : the end of the superpower monopoly --
Science and applications in orbit --
The military in space --
Things to come.
Charts the remarkable history of manned spaceflight, highlighting all the major events, the increasing commercialization of space activities and the challenges of the future.
083174491X
Space flight--History.
629.45 / M.