Man Into Space

Overview:

  • Title: Man Into Space
  • Author: Martin Caidin
  • Year: 1961
  • Publisher: Pyramid Books
  • Price: $0.50
  • Pages: 192
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: Man Into Space
  • Notes:
    • "First printing: may, 1961"; no number line • There is a sixteen page insert between pages 96 & 97 of B&W photos. All the sources are given on the copyright page. Three of these are also on the back cover, while a completely separate photo is on the front cover, credited to NASA, UPI. [Alan Shepard on cover photo became the first American, to travel into space on May 5th, 1961]. • There are two appendices: Official Biographies of the Astronauts, and A Glossary of Space Terms. • Interior drawings are credited to Fred L. Wolff on the title page