Provides an overview of important historical events or periods in world history. This volume focuses on the important dates in history of space exploration, providing a sense of time, place, and chronology through the use of maps and timelines as well as text.

Electronic reproduction.

ch 1. Reaching for the heavens -- ch 2. The space race -- ch 3. After the moon -- ch 4. Space exploration and life on earth -- ch 5. The future of space exploration.