Retro Rockets: Experimental rockets
1926-1941 by Peter Alway (Saturn Press, 1997) (American
edition, available through online bookstores).
Looks at the early liquid-fuelled rockets of Robert Goddard and his
contemporaries in the US, Germany and Soviet Union. Documented with
flight plans, photographs and data.
Rockets Into Space by Frank
Winter (Harvard University Press, 1993) £8.95.
Discusses the technological breakthroughs of the evolution of rocket
propulsion and vehicle design over the last 30 years.
V-2 Rockets by Paula Younkin
(Prentice Hall and IBD, 1994) £9.95.
Traces the history of early rocket development and the beginnings of
the American Space Programme.
The History Of Rockets
by Ron Miller (TBS, 1999) £7.99.
Surveys the invention, development and different uses of rockets from
Ancient Greece to outer space.
Rockets, Missiles and Spacecraft
of the National Air and Space Museum by Gregory P Kennedy (Smithsonian
Institute Press, 1980) £7.75.
A look at the exhibits in the museum traces the history of rocketry
and space exploration.
Spaceflight and Rocketry: A chronology
by David Baker (Facts on File, 1996) £64.95.
A day-to-day chronology of space technology and rocketry from 300BC
to 1993, with technical specifications for every major rocket, satellite
and space probe.
Twentieth Century Inventions: Rockets
and spacecraft by Robert Snedden and Tim Berke (Hodder Wayland,
1997) £10.99.
Explains the history of rockets and their uses and explores the spin-offs
of space programme technology.
