The Penguin Book of Outer Space Exploration: NASA and the Incredible Story of Human Spaceflight, Logsdon John

Renowned space historian John Logsdon traces the greatest moments in human spaceflight by weaving together essential, fascinating documents from NASAs history with his expert narrative guidance. Beginning with rocket genius Wernher von Brauns vision for voyaging to Mars, and closing with Elon Musks 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 such gems as Eisenhowers reactions to Sputnik, the original NASA astronaut application, John Glenns reflections on zero gravity, Kennedys directives to go to the moon, discussions on what Neil Armstrongs first famous first words should be, firsthands accounts of spaceflight, and so much more.