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Oct 2, 1906 — Jun 24, 1969· 62 yrs

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Willy Ley

Also known as: W. Ley, Willy Ley, ed

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A few years from now a manned spacecraft will be purposefully drifting through space along a trajectory carefully calculated to reach the only natural satellite of earth.

— from Ranger to the moon

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Galaxy Science Fiction, October 1953

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To the Hills! - essay by H. L. Gold The Caves of Steel (Part 1 of 3) - serial by Isaac Asimov The Model of a Judge - short story by William Morrison For Your Information: Earth Tunnels - essay by Willy Ley The Carnivore - short story by Katherine MacLean [as by G. A. Morris] Origins of Galactic Etiquette - short story by Edward Wellen With a Vengeance - short story by J. B. Woodley Galaxy's Five Star Shelf - essay by Groff Conklin At the Post - novelette by H. L. Gold

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The lungfish, the dodo & the unicorn

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Ranger to the moon

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The fascinating story behind the history-making flight of the American rocket Ranger VII -- what science has learned about the moon's topography, orbit, origins -- the scientific facts revealed by actual close-up investigation. Also given is a second by second countdown of the historic flight of Ranger VII and a chronology of the U.S. and Soviet attempts to reach the moon.

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