Renowned space historian John Logsdon traces the greatest moments in human spaceflight by weaving together essential, fascinating documents from NASA's history with his expert narrative guidance. Beginning with rocket genius Wernher von Braun's vision for voyaging to Mars, and closing with Elon Musk's contemporary plan to get there, this volume traces major events like the founding of NASA, the first American astronauts in space, the Apollo moon landings, the Challenger disaster, the daring Hubble Telescope repairs, and more.
In these pages, we find such gems as Eisenhower's reactions to Sputnik, the original NASA astronaut application, John Glenn's reflections on zero gravity, Kennedy's directives to go to the moon, discussions on what Neil Armstrong's first famous first words should be, first-hand accounts of spaceflight, and so much more.
Forward by Bill Nye. Review by Neil deGrasse Tyson on back cover:
"Somebody needed to do it. And Professor John Logsdon is uniquely qualified for the task - to reveal the cultural, political, and scientific correspondence that birthed and sustains our era of space exploration.  The fits and starts of good ideas, the precarious flows of funding streams, the fickle sentiments of the public will - it €™s all there, right on down to transcripts of illuminating conversations held in the Oval Office between the President and key players in this epic adventure." -Neil deGrasse Tyson, New York Times bestselling author of  Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Edited By: John Logsdon
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Publishing Date: Sept 11, 2018
Softcover: 400 pages
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