Dreams of Space: Before Apollo (Moon Flight Atlas)
crabtree publishing company Moon Flight Atlas DREAMS OF SPACE BEFORE APOLLO David Jefferis WWW CRABTREEBOOKS COM
apollo nasa Introduction In books and movies our early ideas about how humans could travel in space included being shot to the Moon in a large cannon shell In real life Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky began developing ideas on how rockets could be launched into space in the late 1800s while from 1926 to 1941 American scientist Robert Goddard built a series of successful rockets Later German scientist Wernher von Braun spearheaded much of the U S space effort Here you can find out how the work of these and other space pioneers paved the way for the Apollo Moon landings 2
Moon Flight Atlas Contents Early ideas 4 Dreams of space Science at work 6 Rocket pioneers Deadly missile 8 First rocket to space Steps to space 10 From ideas to reality Start of the space race 12 Challenge in space High frontier 14 Leaving our world Designing for space 16 Wings or capsule 18 20 Testing for Apollo 22 Robot explorers 24 26 28 30 32 Bigger and bigger Gemini two-seat spacecraft Target Moon Studying the Moon Moon flight facts Ready for takeoff Mapping the Moon Timeline Glossary Webfinder Index About the author
