Histoire de la fusée et de l'exploration spatiale

An illustrated panorama of the history of the rocket, from the earliest Chinese rockets (10th century) to the space programmes of the 1960s. In six chapters, Courtlandt Canby traces pyrotechnic origins, 19th-century military applications (Congreve, Mysore rockets), the pioneers of modern astronautics (Goddard, Oberth, Esnault-Pelterie, VfR, V-2), the birth of the space age (Sputnik, Explorer, Mercury), and the forthcoming lunar missions. Volume 3 of the international series "Discovering Science" designed by Erik Nitsche, the book is distinguished by the richness and quality of its iconography.