NASA : America in Space

New York, NY: Crescent Books, 1986. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. No event has had more dramatic an effect on America or the world than the blast that launched the first manned American rocket into space. NASA : America in Space takes readers on an armchair journey from the founding of NASA in 1958 and the first lunar landing in 1969 to the first Skylab flight and the drawing board plans for a permanent space station to be launched in the 1990's. here is the visually enthralling account of the progress NASA has made since the initial manned Gemini flight that put America's space program ahead of all other s in the race to our luminous stellar future. 159pp. "From America's First Ventures in Space Exploration to Futuristic Space-Age Living." Over 200 color photographs from the founding of NASA to the p r oposed space station. This is in gift condition..