Title: The end of an era in space exploration :
Authors: Blaine, J. C. D.
Date: 1976
Publisher: American Astronautical Society : distributed by Univelt,
Physical description: xvi, 199 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: T
Contents: Pioneering stages of modern rocketry -- Spectacular space flights by the Soviet Union, 1950's-1960's -- Soviet space missions of the early 1970's -- Millions of pounds of thrust -- The probing of the Moon, Venus, and Mars by unmanned spacecraft of the United States -- Unmanned planet-probing flights of the United States to Jupiter-Saturn and Venus-Mercury -- Manned space flights of the Mercury and Gemini missions -- Man's first landing on the Moon -- The initial on-the-surface lunar explorations of the United States (Apollo missions 12, 13, and 14) -- Motorized on-the-surface lunar explorations activities of the United States (Apollo missions 15, 16, and 17) -- Early speculations relating to Earth-orbiting satellites and Space Station efforts of the Soviet Union -- The Skylab missions and the Space Shuttle program of the United States -- The era of international cooperation in space exploration.
Notes: Includes index. "A supplement to Advances in the astronomical (sic) sciences."
Subject headings (LCSH): Astronautics--Soviet Union.; Astronautics--United States.; Outer space--Exploration.