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Spaceflight
Die Geschichte der Astronautischen Raumfahrt
Dr. Stephen Lachhein
Published in 2026 by Dr. Stephen Lachhein
Hardcover book, A4 format
Impressive content of 262 pages
Glossy paper
380 images in colour
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This beautiful book tells the story of spaceflight, from the early beginning over the major events (and accidents) in manned spaceflight, manned moonflights to manned space stations and modern spaceflight, ending with Artemis II.
- Author’s Foreword
- Early developments in rocketry: how it all began
- Peenemünde – V2: Von Braun’s work under the Nazis
- The Sputnik shock: the first rockets and satellites
- The first humans in Earth orbit, the race to the Moon
- The race to the Moon (USA and the Soviet Union
- The US Apollo Moon Programme
- Space stations (US/Soviet Union) and the Space Shuttle
- The development of manned spaceflight in China
- Open Philately
- Vorwort des Autors
- Frühe Entwicklungen von Raketen : wie fing denn alles an
- Peenemünde - V2: Wirken von Von Braun unter den Nazis
- Der Sputnik Schock : erste Raketen und Satelliten
- Erste Menschen im Erdorbit, der Wettlauf zum Mond
- Der Wettlauf zum Mond (USA und Sowjetunion
- Das Apollo Mondprogramm der USA
- Die Orbitalstationen (USA/Sowjetunion) und Shuttle
- Entwicklung der astronautischen Raumfahrt in China
- Open Philatelie
The Race to the Moon
Umberto Cavallaro
This handsome book reads like a novel and brings several seldom know facts about this Race to the Moon, especially marked on gray print in the book. The book measures 17x24 cm and has pictures of stamps, covers, postcards and oter material on this mission, divided over 340 pages.
The book is published and sold by Springer Verlag.
It is the Story of Puffery vs. the Pragmatic in the race to the Moon between the United States and Russia in the sixties of past century. The book covers the story from the first triggers from Sputnik over the Man in Space for both countries, to the changed directions in the space race. When the astronaut sits in the driver's seat, technological developments are big, until two tragedies block the race in space. The final leap is of course the landing of two astronauts on the Moon and safely returning home. The last chapter talks about the philatelic side of Apollo 11 and the Insurance Covers.
The preface is by Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7 astronaut.