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Book SynopsisWritten by the former chief historian of NASA, here is the first in-depth, fully illustrated history of space exploration.
Trade Review'A richly illustrated chronicle of space exploration … captures the awe-inspiring side of space' - Nature
'A very easy to read and fact-packed overview of how space exploration was launched by imagination, nurtured by science, and built by technological drive and innovation' - Magonia Review of Books
'An informed and informative read that never talks down to its readers … a clean, uncluttered design' - BBC Sky at Night
Table of Contents1. Laying the Foundations for Space Exploration • 2. WWII Paves the Way for Space Exploration • 3. Making Space Exploration Real • 4. The Space Age Dawns • 5. The Race to the Moon • 6. New Nations/New Missions • 7. Spaceplanes and Orbital Stations • 8. The Lure of the Red Planet • 9. Beyond Mars • 10. Transterrestrial Expectations
