Men have always been fascinated by the vastness of the heavens above them. From the earliest astrologers to the Apollo Program of the 1960s, successive generations have gradually built up a picture of the universe and the way it works. In this book, the author explores space in through and exciting way, starting with the ancient Egyptians and the Aztecs, and going on to deal with the achievements of giants like Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Newton. Another chapter describes the complex nature of our solar systems, and includes spectacular photographs recently received of Saturn, Mars and Jupiter. Another chapter describes the achievements of space exploration, from the first Sputnik in 1957 to the Space Shuttle of today.

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