EXPRESS TO THE STARS by Newell, H. E. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

EXPRESS TO THE STARS

by Newell, H. E.

New York, 1961: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 324 pages, $5.75

A book for the general reader, it covers, in turn, rocket history, functioning of rockets, elements of rdcket flight, rocket construction and components, launching and testing, instrumentation, launching sites, sounding rockets, guidance systems, types of missiles, rocket airplanes, space vehicles, astrodynamics, and manned space flight.

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III