First Edition. 254pp 8.5" X 5.5" (22 X 14cm) Taken From The Magazine spaceflight" And Brought Up To Date, Topics Range From Present And Future Methods Of Spacecraft Propulsion To Manned Spaceflight And The Problems Of Weightlessness, Meteorites And Radiation; Astronomy; Conditions On The Moon And Mars; The Quest For Extra-terrestrial Life; The Approach To Venus By Mariner Ii; World Communications Opened Up By Telstar And The United States" Attempt To Outstrip Russia In Landing The First Men On The Moon. Fully Illustrated By B&w Photographs And Line Diagrams. Good Clean Copy.