Publisher's Synopsis
This book in the "Twenty Names" series, looks at the lives and achievements of the men and women whose hard work, courage and persistance have contributed to our knowledge of space. From the early visionaries with their fantastic dreams and ideas about space travel, the book comes up to date with recent and future space developments.;In between are the rocket pioneers, the engineers, the administrators and the exciting journeys of the astronauts and cosmonauts. Included in the book are such names as Yuri Gagarin, Neil Armstrong, Wernher von Braun, John Glenn and Carl Sagan.
