Spaceflight, 2nd Edition: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Curiousity

This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in space, from Sputnik's launch in 1957 through the Apollo Moon landings and the International Space Station to future missions to Mars and beyond.

Spaceflight chronicles how, in the half-century that followed Sputnik, the world was revolutionized by space travel and exploration. The opening up of Earth's orbit to satellites led to a revolution in communications, monitoring of the environment, and materials science. For the human imagination, the impact has been even greater: the voyages of robotic space probes have transformed our view of the Solar System, while Earth-orbiting satellites and missions to the Moon have forever changed our view of ourselves.

This book is a celebration of human ingenuity and imagination. From the work of pioneers like Wernher von Braun, Yuri Gagarin, and Neil Armstrong to the triumphs and tragedies that followed, it reveals the people, science, and technology that have propelled us into the Space Age.

• First on the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Experience
• Apollo Expeditions to the Moon: The NASA History 50th Anniversary Edition (Dover Books on Astronomy)
• The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration: From the Ancient World to the Extraterrestrial Future
• Picturing Apollo 11: Rare Views and Undiscovered Moments
• NASA Mission AS-506 Apollo 11 1969 (including Saturn V, CM-107, SM-107, LM-5): 50th Anniversary Special Edition - An insight into the hardware from ... to land on the moon (Owners' Workshop Manual)
• NASA Moon Missions Operations Manual: 1969 - 1972 (Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16 and 17) - An insight into the engineering, technology and operation of NASA's advanced lunar flights (Haynes Manuals)
• Apollo: VII - XVII
• Apollo to the Moon: A History in 50 Objects
• Apollo 11 (2019) [Blu-ray]
• Space Atlas, Second Edition: Mapping the Universe and Beyond