Rocketeers: Early ideas of space travel to the first rockets -- The space race: USSR versus USA -- The space race: The first people in space -- The space race: Early satellites -- The space race: Early space probes -- The space race: Spacewalkers -- The space race: Man on the Moon -- End of the space race: Era of the space stations -- Space shuttle: The space transportation system -- International Space Station: (ISS) -- Eyes and ears in space: Modern satellites -- Modern space probes: To the Sun, Moon, and inner planets -- Modern space probes: To the outer planets and beyond -- Space exploration: The future.
Summary
A Brief Illustrated History of Space Exploration charts the history of space exploration and discovery all the way through from the early rocketeers, through the first people in space and the Space Race to be first to reach the Moon, the first Space Stations, and all the way through to the incredible findings of today.
