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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dimmer, Roberta (art director) et al (illustrator). As new condition glossy color photographic boards, 1/4 blue cloth front and rear cover design with gold front cover lettering overlaying the blue cloth. Includes List of Staff; Index and Acknowledgments. Profusely illustrated with color photographs, black-and-white photographs, black-and-white drawings, and color drawings. "SECTION ONE: The Dawn of Space Travel: Only in the last [few] decades has space travel become a reality. Yet, in the 2,000 years prior to the beginning of the Space Age, many exciting dreams and developments took place. This section describes some of the fanciful tales of space travel, from ancient Greek stories of trips to the moon to the H.G. Wells classic, War of the Worlds. It also traces the development of rockets, which are the key to traveling in space, from their invention in the Middle Ages to their use as weapons in World War II. SECTION TWO: Satellites and Space Probes: It has been. decades since the first satellites beeped their way across the sky. Since then, probes have gathered valuable information on nearly every planet in the solar system, and hundreds of artificial satellites orbit Earth, aiding global communications, navigation, weather predictions, scientific studies, and defense. This section chronicles the evolution of these satellites and probes, from Sputnik I to Voyager 2, and it takes a peek at probe missions planned for the future. SECTION THREE: Manned Space Flight: Human voyages in space are perhaps the most exciting part of space exploration. In more than [a few] decades of manned space activities, astronauts and cosmonauts have captured the interest and imagination of the world. This section describes all the great moments in manned space flight, including the early U.S. and Soviet missions, the Apollo effort to the moon, activities and experiments in manned space stations, and today's space shuttle missions around Earth. SECTION FOUR: Our Future in Space: What will future space travel and exploration be like? Will we learn to live in space and perhaps even settle on other planets? What will it take to travel to distant stars and other solar systems? This section discusses these question by looking at some of the major plans and proposals for future space exploration and settlement. Among the topics discussed are the extension of our Earth habitat to orbiting space stations and colonies, permanent bases on the moon and Mars, and the search for intelligent life elsewhere in the universe. This section also discusses the challenge of reaching and exploring other suns and solar systems in the continuing search for other forms of life and new places to live." - excerpts from the introduction of each of the four sections.