Suggested Reading

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Historical and General Background
Clarke, Arthur C. The Promise of Space. New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
Dornberger, Walter. V-2. New York: Viking Press, 1954.
Durant III, Frederick C.; and George S. James, eds. First Steps Towards Space (Smithsonian Annals of Flight, No. 10). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. Available through the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402 (stock no. 4705-00011).
Emme, Eugene, ed. The History of Rocket Technology. Detroit: Wayne State Press, 1964.
Ley, Willy. Rockets, Missiles, and Men in Space. New York: Viking Press, 1968.
Stoiko, Michael. Soviet Rocketry: Past, Present and Future. New York: Holt, Reinhart & Winston, 1970.
Von Braun, W.; and F. I. Ordway. History of Rocket and Space Travel. New York: T. Y. Crowell, 1975.
Biographical
Lehman, Milton. This High Man. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1963.
Thomas, Shirley, ed. Men of Space. 8 vols. Philadelphia: Chilton Book Co., 1963.
Popular
Cortright, Edgar M. Exploring Space with a Camera. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1968.
Davis, Merton; and Bruce C. Murray. View From Space: Photographic Exploration of the Planets. New York: Columbia University Press, 1971.
Gatland, Kenneth. Spacecraft and Boosters. Fallbrook, California: Aero Publications, 1964.
——. The Robot Explorers. New York: Macmillan, 1972.
Moore, Patrick. Space. London: Burke Publishing Co., 1968.
Sharpe, Mitchell R. Living in Space. New York: Doubleday, 1969.
Technical
Corliss, William R. Space Probes and Planetary Exploration. Princeton, N.J.: Van Nostrand, 1965.
Glasstone, Samuel. Sourcebook on the Space Sciences. New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc., 1965.
Purser, Paul E.; Maxime A. Faget; and Norman F. Smith, eds. Manned Spacecraft. New York: Fairchild Publications, Inc., 1964.
Ruppe, Harry O. Introduction to Astronautics. 2 vols. Campbell, California: Academy Press, 1966-1967.
Apollo Moon Landings
Collins, Michael. Carrying the Fire. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1974.
Cortright, Edgar M., ed. Apollo Expeditions to the Moon. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1975 (stock no. 033-000-00630-6).
Lewis, Richard S. Appointment on the Moon. New York: Viking Press, 1969.
——. Voyages of Apollo. Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1974.
Wilford, John N. We Reach the Moon. Rev. ed. Chicago: W. W. Norton & Co., 1971.
Speculative
Sagan, Carl. The Cosmic Connection. New York: Doubleday, 1973.
Shkolvskii, I. S.; and Carl Sagan. Intelligent Life in the Universe. New York: Holden-Day, 1966.
Strong. J. G. Flight to the Stars: An Inquiry into the Feasibility of Interstellar Flight. New York: Hart Publishing Co., 1965.
Sullivan, Walter. We Are Not Alone: The Search for Intelligent Life on Other Worlds. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964.

FIRST FLOOR PLAN

103 Vertical Flight
102 Air Transportation
101 Museum Shop
100 Milestones of Flight
115 Theater Entrance
114 Space Hall
113 Rocketry & Space Flight
105 General Aviation
106 Exhibition Flight
107 Life in the Universe
108 South Lobby
109 Flight Testing
110 Satellites
111 Benefits From Flight

SECOND FLOOR PLAN

203 Sea-Air Operations
201 Spacearium
215 Theater
213 Flight Technology
205 World War II Aviation
206 Balloons and Airships
207 Air Traffic Control
208 Special Exhibits
209 World War I Aviation
210 Apollo to the Moon
211 Flight and the Arts
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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