Books in the Frontiers of Space series

Linking 15 European nations, the European Space Agency offers a working model of scientific, technological, and political cooperation on an international scale. The authors give us an insiders' view of the agency-its beginnings as the European Space Research Organization, its development in the face of early difficulties, and its daily operations.

In Rockets into Space, Frank Winter tells the fascinating story of the modern launch vehicle, from the mythological musings of the Babylonians and Greeks to the present-day reality of manned and unmanned space flight.