Spaceflight
Subtitle: a Smithsonian guide
By: Valerie Neal, Cathleen S. Lewis, Frank H. Winter.
Contributors: Lewis, Cathleen S., 1958-; Winter, Frank H.
Publisher: Macmillan USA; Wiley; Macmillan General Reference
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
Subjects: Space vehicles -- History; Space flight -- History; Outer space -- Exploration -- History
Description: Words and illustrations highlight all of the missions and milestones of space travel, from the development of early rocketry to the race to the Moon and beyond, including the physics behind manned flight, and profiles of scientists and astronauts.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 256) and index.
"A Ligature book"--T.p. verso.