New York: William Morrow and Company. Near Fine in Near Fine dj. 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. [nice clean book with just the teensiest bit of wear at a couple of corners, and a small light stain at the bottom of the rear cover; the jacket is similarly nice, with just some minor wear to the edges and extremities and a couple of tiny brown stains at the top edge of the rear panel]. (B&W photographs) A "state of the technology" report on the early development and growth of the nascent U.S. space program, published just a couple of weeks before the USSR's launch of Sputnik, which brought new urgency to the Americans' efforts by kicking off the so-called "Space Race." (NASA was officially created the following July and began operations in October.) Most of the book is focused on American efforts to put unmanned satellites (the "moons" of the title) into orbit, although the final chapter does engage in a little speculation about possible future space missions by humans. .

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Bookseller: ReadInk (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 28516
Title: Rockets, Missiles, and Moons
Author: Coombs, Charles
Illustrator: (dj design) Robert G. Smith
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine in Near Fine dj
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: William Morrow and Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1957
Keywords: Space Flight, Satellites, Aeronautics

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