| By John W. R.Taylor and Maurice Allward. London, England: Longacre Press 1961. Good Condition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Jacket Good. Hard Cover. 192 pages. Includes the story of the first 17,000mph journey around the Earth by Yuri Gargarin and the later sub-orbital flight by Alan Shepard. Chapters: 1). Man in Space -, 2). So you want to be a Space-man? 3). These men gave us Space Flight, 4). How and Why? 5). Power for Space, 6). Lets go into Space, 7). Space-age Models, 8). Rockets for War, 9). Space Station Number One, 10). Putting Space to Work, 11). Laboratories in Space, 12). Man on the Moon, 13). Beyond the Moon. Illustrated with 260 photographs and drawings |
