Space History

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983. First U.S. Edition (stated). First Printing (Stated). Hardcover. 215, [1] pages. Illustrations. Endpaper maps. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. Ex-library with the usual library markings. DJ is in a plastic sleeve. Tony Osman was a noted British journalist. He joined the Sunday Times in 1969 and reported oh the first moon landing. He was subsequently assigned to work in Houston and witnessed other space voyages from there. He became Chairman of the Association of British Science Writers and returning to London, he also became the Science Editor of The Sunday Times Magazine. A survey of the history of space exploration documents each stage in the journey to the stars, from Sputnik to the Space Shuttle, with accounts of American and Soviet space projects and profiles of the pioneering scientists and astronauts. Condition: Good / Fair.

Keywords: Space Race, Apollo 13, Skylab, Satellites, Space Shuttle, Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, Walter Dornberger, Sergei Korolyev, NASA, Astronautics, Lift-off, Unmanned Spacecraft, Space Probes, Hypergolic, Extraterrestrial, Rockets, Space Settlements

ISBN: 0312749457

[Book #12127]

Price: $25.00

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