Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 1983. First? Edition. First? Printing. 248, illus., index, DJ worn, soiled, and edge tears, pencil erasure on front endpaper. More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1968. Quarto, 214, profusely illus. (some in color), endpaper maps, index, weakness to front board, boards scuffed & soiled. More

Washington, DC: U. S. Government Printing Office, 1975. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Quarto. XI, [1],, 313, [3] pages. Profusely illustrated (some in color). Endpaper maps. Key Events in Apollo. The Contributors. Editor's Note. Index. Illustrated cover. Edgar Maurice Cortright (July 29, 1923 – May 4, 2014) was a scientist and engineer, and senior official at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Cortright went to work at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory at NACA, in Cleveland, Ohio. There, he held the positions of Aeronautical Research Scientist ; Head of Small Supersonic Tunnels Section; and Chief, Eight-by-Six-Foot Supersonic Wind Tunnel Branch. He joined NASA agency in 1958 and worked at NASA Headquarters in Washington D.C. where he was Chief of Advanced Technology; Assistant Director for Lunar and Planetary Programs, Office of Space Flight Programs; Deputy Director for Space Science and Applications; Deputy Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications; and Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Manned Space Flight. Following the spacecraft explosion during the Apollo 13 spaceflight in April 1970, Cortright was appointed chairman of the Apollo 13 Review Board which was established to investigate the cause of the accident. More

Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company, 1958. First Edition. 262, illus. (many in color), index, slight discoloration inside boards, boards somewhat stained and corners worn. More

New York: Random House, 1965. 79, profusely illus., index, inside hinges repaired with masking tape, library stamps, library pocket partially removed. More

New York: Random House, 1959. 82, illus., index, ink notation inside front flyleaf, slight soiling to spine. More

San Diego, CA: Univelt, c1985. 25 cm, 601, illus., usual library markings. More

New York, N.Y. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1972. First Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing. Hardcover. ix, [5], 258, xi, [3] pages. Footnotes. Appendices. Notes. Selected bibliography. Index. DJ has wear, tears and soiling. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Inscription reads: To George and Barbara, whose enthusiasm for my literary efforts encourages me to more! Nick, March 31, 1972. [Unlikely that this was inscribed to President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush, but possible given the author's prominence.] Includes Acknowledgments and Prologue, as well as Chapters on The Cradle of Reason, The Dream at War, Secret Scientists, Korolyov, Khrushchev and the Space Race, Conceding the Moon Race, Proposals, and The Press. Also contains Perspectives, as well as Appendix A, Appendix B, Appendix C, Notes, Selected Bibliography, and an Index. Eight black and white illustrations of scientists and rocket pioneers follow page 80. The Russian venture into space--from the nineteenth-century experiments in rocketry to the landings on the moon. This is the first book by a Westerner to trace the development of the Russian space program from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century through the enormous success of Sputnik to the crucial decision--secretly arrived at and skillfully concealed--not to continue in the race to place a man on the moon in the 1960's. Nicholas Daniloff (born December 30, 1934) is an American journalist who graduated from Harvard University and was most prominent in the 1980s for his reporting on the Soviet Union. He came to wider international attention on September 2, 1986, when he was arrested in Moscow by the KGB and accused of espionage. More

Pasadena, CA: NASA Jet Propulsion Lab. 1991. Quarto, 270, wraps, illus., maps, figures, tables, references. More

New York: Pocket Books, 1991. First Printing. Paperback. Pocket paperbk, 252 pages. Wraps, some wear and soiling to covers. Signed by the author. More

New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. First Edition. 253, DJ soiled and worn: small tears, several pieces missing. More

Glasgow: Collins, 1968. 294, illus., figures, tables, front DJ flap price clipped, DJ somewhat worn and soiled. More

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1959. First Edition. 282, appendix, some wear to boards and spine. More