Robert Godwin

A Pictorial History of Lunar Vehicles by Robert Godwin - 224 pages full color with over 750 illustrations. The book comprises over 200 3D Wire-frame texture-mapped models of Lunar Vehicles. This includes over 80 Lunar Landers, 80 Rovers and Mobile Laboratories, and more than 50 Lunar Flying Vehicles designed between1938 and 1972.

The concept for a reusable winged space vehicle has been a dream since the early 20th century. In 1981 the United States launched the first such vehicle, Columbia, and proved that winged spacecraft could work. Now, due to political pressure, the Orbiter fleet is slated to be decommissioned, but not before it fulfills its original mandate—to build a permanent space station. This Pocket Space Guide, #10 in the series, details the exploits of the Space Shuttle fleet through triumph and tragedy, as it carried more than 300 people, 40 space laboratories and more than 60 satellites into space. From the first test flights to the détente missions to Russia’s Mir space station, thousands of facts can be found in this Space Shuttle Fact Archive.

The Soviet Union began the space race in 1957 but the legacy of Russian astronautics dates back to the 19th century. A long list of accomplishments places the Russian people in the vanguard of space exploring nations. From Sputnik to Yuri Gagarin through to the International Space Station this book covers the history of Russian spacecraft in great detail. From Korolev to Glushko, from the Moon Race to the establishment of the world’s foremost program of long duration spaceflight. Lavishly illustrated with many rare pictures of Russian Spacecraft Complete with photographs and drawings from Russia's "Rocket and Space Corporation Energia", this "Pocket Space Guide" is a condensed history of the Russian Space Program from 1946 to the present day. Fifteen years after the founding of the program, in April 1961, Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly in space, and the race was on. Fabulous spacecraft photos and facts illustrate and authenticate this authoritative history.

A history of the Apollo lunar test program, featuring summaries of each flight launched between 1964 and 1969, and including spacecraft specifications and photographs.

Contains primary source material.