COVER -- TITLE -- COPYRIGHT -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 1 GETTING TO SPACE -- ROCKETS -- LIQUID PROPELLANTS IN VARIOUS FLIGHT VEHICLES -- HOW ROCKETS WORK -- CHEMICAL ROCKETS -- DEVELOPMENT OF ROCKETS -- CHAPTER 2 TRAVELING IN SPACE -- LAUNCHING INTO SPACE: GRAVITY -- FLIGHT TRAJECTORIES -- SOUNDING ROCKET -- EARTH ORBIT -- EARTH ESCAPE -- PLANETARY TRAJECTORY -- NAVIGATION, DOCKING, AND RECOVERY -- NAVIGATION -- RENDEZVOUS AND DOCKING -- REENTRY AND RECOVERY -- CHAPTER 3 NOTABLE SATELLITES -- THE 1950S -- SPUTNIK -- EXPLORER -- VANGUARD -- PIONEER -- DISCOVERER -- LUNA -- THE 1960S -- MIDAS -- TIROS -- TRANSIT -- VENERA -- RANGER -- COSMOS -- ARIEL -- MARINER -- VELA -- ZOND -- ORBITING GEOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY -- PEGASUS -- ORBITING ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY -- SURVEYOR -- LUNAR ORBITER -- BIOSATELLITE -- THE 1970S -- OSUMI -- CHINA 1 -- SHINSEI -- PROSPERO -- HELIOS -- ARYABHATA PROSPERO -- VIKING -- INTERNATIONAL ULTRAVIOLET EXPLORER -- SEASAT -- THE 1980S -- INFRARED ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE -- GIOTTO -- BURAN -- MAGELLAN -- HIPPARCOS -- GALILEO -- COSMIC BACKGROUND EXPLORER -- THE 1990S -- GREAT OBSERVATORIES -- LASER INTERFEROMETER SPACE ANTENNA (LISA) -- ULYSSES -- COMPTON GAMMA RAY OBSERVATORY -- YOHKOH -- CLEMENTINE -- INFRARED SPACE OBSERVATORY -- NEAR EARTH ASTEROID RENDEZVOUS SHOEMAKER -- MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR -- MARS PATHFINDER -- CASSINI-HUYGENS -- LUNAR PROSPECTOR -- DEEP SPACE 1 -- NOZOMI -- MARS POLAR LANDER -- STARDUST/NEXT -- FAR ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPIC EXPLORER -- CHANDRA X-RAY OBSERVATORY -- THE 2000S AND BEYOND -- MARS ODYSSEY -- WILKINSON MICROWAVE ANISOTROPY PROBE -- GENESIS -- ODIN -- GRAVITY RECOVERY AND CLIMATE EXPERIMENT -- INTERNATIONAL GAMMA-RAY ASTROPHYSICS LABORATORY -- HAYABUSA -- MARS EXPRESS -- MARS EXPLORATION ROVER -- MICROVARIABILITY AND OSCILLATIONS OF STARS (MOST) -- SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE.

SMALL MISSIONS FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-1 -- ROSETTA -- GRAVITY PROBE B -- MERCURY SURFACE, SPACE ENVIRONMENT, GEOCHEMISTRY, AND RANGING -- SWIFT -- DEEP IMPACT/EPOXI -- SUZAKU -- MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER -- VENUS EXPRESS -- NEW HORIZONS -- AKARI -- HINODE -- SOLAR TERRESTRIAL RELATIONS OBSERVATORY -- TIME HISTORY OF EVENTS AND MACROSCALE INTERACTIONS DURING SUBSTORMS -- AERONOMY OF ICE IN THE MESOSPHERE -- PHOENIX -- KAGUYA -- CHANG'E 1 -- DAWN -- FERMI GAMMA-RAY SPACE TELESCOPE -- CHANDRAYAAN-1 -- OMID -- KEPLER -- HERSCHEL -- PLANCK -- LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER -- JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE -- CHAPTER 4 SCIENCE IN SPACE -- SOLAR AND SPACE PHYSICS -- SOLAR SYSTEM EXPLORATION -- SPACE OBSERVATORIES -- OBSERVING EARTH -- CHAPTER 5 SPACE APPLICATIONS -- PUBLIC-GOOD APPLICATIONS -- METEOROLOGY -- POSITIONING, NAVIGATION, AND TIMING -- MILITARY AND NATIONAL SECURITY USES OF SPACE -- COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS -- SATELLITE TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- REMOTE SENSING -- COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION -- NEW COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS -- ISSUES FOR THE FUTURE -- CHAPTER 6 SPACE AGENCIES -- EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY -- NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION -- SOVIET AND RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCIES -- EUROPE -- CHINESE SPACE AGENCIES -- JAPANESE SPACE AGENCIES -- INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS -- CHAPTER 7 SPACEFLIGHT LEADERS AND PIONEERS -- HUGH DRYDEN -- VALENTIN GLUSHKO -- DANIEL GOLDIN -- SAMUEL HOFFMAN -- THEODORE VON KÁRMÁN -- JAMES KILLIAN -- SERGEY KOROLYOV -- HERMANN OBERTH -- WILLIAM PICKERING -- GLOSSARY -- FOR FURTHER READING -- INDEX -- BACK COVER.