David J. Shayler and Ian A. Moule.
Into the wide blue yonder -- A seagull in orbit -- The Right Stuff, the wrong sex -- The rocket-plane and the Space Shuttle -- Shuttlenauts -- Sally and Svetlana -- Shuttle specialists and passengers -- Stations in space -- Earth orbit and beyond -- Conclusion.Space exploration has developed from early, unmanned space probes through the pioneering years of the ‘Manned’ Mercury, Gemini, and …