Describes how, from the launch of early experimental rockets, man has explored the vastness of space, focusing on dramatic moments such as Yuri Gagarin's historic flight into space and Neil Armstrong's feelings as he became the first man on the moon. The illustrations are complemented by four acetate see-through scenes, showing NASA's space station, an astronaut's spacesuit and Manned Manoeuvring Unit, the Russian space station Mir, and a launch-pad take-off scene.
- ISBN10 0600581993
- ISBN13 9780600581994
- Publish Date 23 August 1994
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 12 July 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pearson Education Limited
- Imprint Heinemann Library
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 48
- Language English