8" x 10.25", pp. 1 - 30, with frontispiece of an astronaut in space walk and B&W photos and illustrations throughout. This is the most uncommonly found booklet (EP-57) in a series of 13 (published on the occasion of the 10th Anniversary of NASA. Some scuffing along spine vertical, light wrinkles emanating from spine where opened and read, however inside is clean and collectible. "Man in Space" covers the ground from those pre-Sputnik days when only a handful of scientists and engineers in the United States believed that man would ever fly in space, to the preparation for a manned lunar landing and return in this decade." (Introduction: George E. Mueller). B&W card wraps with two staple binding, illustration of space walk reproduced four times on the cover. Seller Inventory # 2492

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Title: Man In Space; America in Space: The First ...

Publisher: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington DC

Publication Date: 1968

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very good

Edition: First Edition.

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