To Rise from Earth: An Easy-To-Understand Guide to Space Flight

by Wayne Lee

Offers a math-free, color tour of the universe of rockets, orbital mechanics, the space shuttle, and landmark and current races to the moon, Mars, and beyond.

Genres: Space, Science

317 pages, Paperback

First published December 12, 1995

Reviews

[Gregg Smith]

I could totally fly a mission now

[David Czuba]

A great beginners textbook on orbital mechanics. Unfortunately, my dog ripped it to pieces just as I was getting into the Apollo program chapter.