The Illustrated encyclopedia of space technology
Subtitle: a comprehensive history of space exploration
By: Kenneth Gatland, consultant and chief author ; with a foreword by Arthur C. Clarke.
Contributors: Gatland, Kenneth William, 1924-
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Series: A Salamander book
Publisher: Harmony Books
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
ISBN-13: 9780517542583
Subjects: Astronautics -- Dictionaries
Other titles: Space technology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Spine title: Space technology.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Arthur C. Clarke; title: The space pioneers; title: Opening the space frontiers; title: The space centres; title: Man in space; title: Military space systems; title: Voices from the sky; title: Weather patrol in space; title: Observing planet Earth; title: Space science; title: Probes to the moon; title: Probes to the planets; title: Man on the moon; title: The first space stations; title: Handshake in orbit; title: The space shuttle; title: Man on Mars; title: The space factory; title: Power stations in the sky; title: Base on the moon; title: Space cities; title: Starships; title: Space diary; title: Glossary