SPACE RECOGNITION GUIDE

An new edition to the highly-regarded and perenially popular Jane's Recognition Guide series. Presented in the same style as existing Jane's Recognition Guides, this new book contains a selection of over 500 satellites, spacecraft and launch vehicles (rockets), with information on purpose, operations, specifications, and a brief type history. The entries (each with a colour picture) are split into: / Historic Missions (to include Sputnik, Apollo, Mir and Voyager) / Historic Launchers / Space Organisations (to include NASA, ESA and JAXA) / Launchers / Current Spacecraft Programmes / Manned Spaceflight / Futures This is a most comprehensive guide and a stunning tribute to the exploration of space.