La route du ciel est ouverte
Du premier satellite artificiel au voyage vers la Lune
Translated from the German by C. Mamontoff, Licencié ès Sciences, Ingénieur I.E.T.
French translation of the first comprehensive German-language work on astronautics, published in the wake of the Sputnik launch. In ten chapters, Karl Schütte (a university astronomer and former president of the German Society for Space Research) covers the physical principles of spaceflight, provides a detailed analysis of the first artificial satellites (Sputnik I, II, III, Explorer, Vanguard), and addresses manned spaceflight, space stations, and lunar travel. The work stands out for its technical rigor, particularly its thorough orbital analysis of the Sputnik missions.