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This one-stop guide to space exploration provides a wealth of information for student researchers.

Table of Contents

Preface Chronology of Events Space Exploration Explained Historical Overview of Space Exploration The Race to the Moon Scientific Explorations in the Space Age The Space Shuttle: Reusable Access to Space A Permanent Presence in Space Biographies: A Gallery of Space Exploration Pioneers Primary Documents of Space Exploration Appendix: American Space Flights Annotated Bibliography Index

About the Author

ROGER D. LAUNIUS is chair of the Division of Space History of the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. He has written or edited several books on aerospace history, including Space Stations: Base Camps to the Stars (2003), To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles, with Dennis R. Jenkins (2002), Imagining Space: Achievements, Predictions, Possibilities, 1950-2050, with Howard E. McCurdy (2001), and Innovation and the Development of Flight (1999).

Reviews

?After a short chronology of space events, Launius, a noted space historian, reviews in five sections the history of space exploration, covers the moon race, points out facets of space exploration (with special attention to the Hubble Space Telescope), and then describes our space shuttle and the international efforts that led to the sequence of Soviet space stations and the international space station....Recommended. Professionals.?-Choice

?Starred Review This is an excellent one-volume overview of space exploration suitable for the high school library, authored by the former chief historian for NASA....This is a first-rate resource on space exploration for school libraries needing a reasonably priced volume on the topic. Highly recommended.?-Library Media Connection

?This is a worthwhile update for libraries that need a good overview of the history of manned space flight in one source, particularly useful for public and high-school libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

?This one-stop guide to space exploration provides a wealth of information for student researchers....This is a useful source of reference and is a nice overview of historical background to the development of space exploration over 80 years.?-Spaceflight

?This reference guide to space exploration provides a wealth of information for student researchers.?-Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin

?[A]n acceptable reference work.?-SB&F

?[A]n acceptable reference work.?- SB& F

"Starred Review This is an excellent one-volume overview of space exploration suitable for the high school library, authored by the former chief historian for NASA....This is a first-rate resource on space exploration for school libraries needing a reasonably priced volume on the topic. Highly recommended."-Library Media Connection

"This is a worthwhile update for libraries that need a good overview of the history of manned space flight in one source, particularly useful for public and high-school libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin

"This one-stop guide to space exploration provides a wealth of information for student researchers....This is a useful source of reference and is a nice overview of historical background to the development of space exploration over 80 years."-Spaceflight

"This reference guide to space exploration provides a wealth of information for student researchers."-Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin

"After a short chronology of space events, Launius, a noted space historian, reviews in five sections the history of space exploration, covers the moon race, points out facets of space exploration (with special attention to the Hubble Space Telescope), and then describes our space shuttle and the international efforts that led to the sequence of Soviet space stations and the international space station....Recommended. Professionals."-Choice

?After a short chronology of space events, Launius, a noted space historian, reviews in five sections the history of space exploration, covers the moon race, points out facets of space exploration (with special attention to the Hubble Space Telescope), and then describes our space shuttle and the international efforts that led to the sequence of Soviet space stations and the international space station....Recommended. Professionals.?-Choice
?Starred Review This is an excellent one-volume overview of space exploration suitable for the high school library, authored by the former chief historian for NASA....This is a first-rate resource on space exploration for school libraries needing a reasonably priced volume on the topic. Highly recommended.?-Library Media Connection
?This is a worthwhile update for libraries that need a good overview of the history of manned space flight in one source, particularly useful for public and high-school libraries.?-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
?This one-stop guide to space exploration provides a wealth of information for student researchers....This is a useful source of reference and is a nice overview of historical background to the development of space exploration over 80 years.?-Spaceflight
?This reference guide to space exploration provides a wealth of information for student researchers.?-Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin
?[A]n acceptable reference work.?-SB&F
?[A]n acceptable reference work.?- SB& F
"Starred Review This is an excellent one-volume overview of space exploration suitable for the high school library, authored by the former chief historian for NASA....This is a first-rate resource on space exploration for school libraries needing a reasonably priced volume on the topic. Highly recommended."-Library Media Connection
"This is a worthwhile update for libraries that need a good overview of the history of manned space flight in one source, particularly useful for public and high-school libraries."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
"This one-stop guide to space exploration provides a wealth of information for student researchers....This is a useful source of reference and is a nice overview of historical background to the development of space exploration over 80 years."-Spaceflight
"This reference guide to space exploration provides a wealth of information for student researchers."-Lunar and Planetary Information Bulletin
"After a short chronology of space events, Launius, a noted space historian, reviews in five sections the history of space exploration, covers the moon race, points out facets of space exploration (with special attention to the Hubble Space Telescope), and then describes our space shuttle and the international efforts that led to the sequence of Soviet space stations and the international space station....Recommended. Professionals."-Choice