The Greatest Adventure : A History of Human Space Exploration

Author: Burgess, Colin

Humanities

Published on 12 July 2021 by REAKTION BOOKS in the United Kingdom as part of 'the Kosmos' series.

Hardback | 356 pages, 140 illustrations
241 x 165 x 29 | 940g

The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the 20th century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery and exploration, as astronauts and cosmonauts were launched on space missions of increasing length, complexity and danger.

The Greatest Adventure traces the events of this extraordinary period, describing the initial string of Soviet achievements: the first satellite in orbit; the first animal, man and woman in space; the first spacewalk; as well as the ultimate US victory in the race to land on the moon.

The book then takes the reader on a journey through the following decades of space exploration to the present time, detailing the many successes, tragedies, risks and rewards of space exploration.