Venture Into Space Early Years of Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA SP-4301) by Rosenthal, Alfred - 1968

NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Near Fine. 1968. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A couple of minor scuff marks to brown cloth covers, very slight rubbing to extremities of covers, no other defects. Bright gilt titles and decoration to spine and front cover. Pages are clean and crisp, binding is tight; book appears unread. . The Goddard Space Flight Center was so named for Robert Hutchins Goddard, early rocket researcher, "The Father of American Rocketry. " It commenced operation in 1959, approximately concurrently with the formation of NASA itself. This is its early history, along with its antecedents, through 1963. A central document in any collection on space exploration. . NASA Center history series Series. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. 354 pages. M1 .