About the Author

DAVID DARLING, Ph.D., is the author of Life Everywhere; The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia; Deep Time; Equations of Eternity (a New York Times Notable Book); Soul Search; and Zen Physics. He received his doctorate in astronomy from the University of Manchester, England, and now lives with his family in rural Minnesota. More information on spaceflight may be found at www. daviddarling.info.

Reviews

"Darling s is the most current work available on this subject, and the detail it provides on satellite missions is notable" (Library Journal, January 15, 2003) "...this is as comprehensive as it gets..." (Focus, April 2003) "...Darling s content and presentation will have any reader moving from entry to entry..." (The Observatory Magazine, October 2003)