Books by Brian Harvey

Launch sites, where all space journeys begin, are almost magical places, well embedded in popular culture. Few people have not seen images of Cape Canaveral, with the launch tower that sent Apollo 11 to the moon. Others launch sites are less well known. Some are well publicized, but hard to reach, like Kourou in Guyana. Some are quite secret, like Sohae in North Korea and Palmachim in Israel. Some are virtually unknown to all but space historians, like Hammaguir, Algeria, though it was the launch location for the third country to orbit its own satellites, France. The Atlas of Space Rocket Launch Sites is the first book to present all 25

This book is the first regular space exploration annual. It provides an annual update on recent space launches, missions and results, to be published every year in September. It is written at an accessible level for both young and older space enthusiasts.

Until the Apollo-Soyuz flight of 1972, the Russian Space Program was shrouded in such complete secrecy that only rumors of failures (or catastrophes) reached the West.

Offers a comprehensive account of the development of Europe's highly successful space programme. This title explains the politics, science and organisation of the European Space Programme and the many technological achievements of its satellites and rockets. It focuses on Europe placing the various national programmes in a European context.