Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Shuttle - And Beyond

Spaceflight: The Complete Story from Sputnik to Shuttle - And Beyond by Giles Sparrow. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780756628581.

Honoring the fiftieth anniversary of the first space flight, a visual study of human ventures into outer space covers the U.S. and Soviet space race, as well as the efforts of other countries around the world, chronicling the development of space technology, future planned space missions, and key accomplishments, ranging from the first satellite launch to the moon landing.