History of rocketry & space travel
By: [by] Wernher von Braun [and] Frederick I. Ordway, III. Original illus. by Harry H. K. Lange. Introd. by Frederick C. Durant, III.
Contributors: Ordway, Frederick Ira, 1927- joint author.
Publisher: Crowell
Published: 1967
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
Subjects: Rocketry -- History; Astronautics -- History
Description: The history of astronautics may be thought of as two separate histories-rocketry and space flight. Man's ancient drive to explore was limited to the Earth's surface until the 19th Ccnetury. Now the way to the Solar System is open. This is how it began.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 223-236.