This book charts the history of manned space stations in a logical, chronological order. It tells the story of the two major space powers starting out on their

It’s happening now—plans are being formulated under the coordination of NASA to launch a permanent, manned space station by the year 1990. Studies surveying

NASA 's Johnson Space Center (JSC ) in Houston, Texas, has been the home of human spaceflight operations since its inception in 1961. The first US manned spacef

I have had the privilege of being an engineer who worked on both the Apollo and Space Shuttle Orbiter Programs for more than 45 years. It has been a fascinating

The publication of this book is extremely timely, for the next major advances in manned space flight after Project Apollo will most likely be made in earth orbi