Author(s): Karl Gilzin
Publisher: Mir Publishers
Year: 1957
Language: English
City: Moscow
Front Cover
Title Page
AUTHOR'S NOTE
THE WORLD ABOUT US
Part One FROM FANTASY TO SCIENCE
1. A BOLD DREAM
2. PRISONERS OF THE EARTH
3. THE BIRTH OF SCIENCE
Part Two A MIRACULOUS ENGINE
4. THE THIRD BIRTH
5. THE SOUND BARRIER IS BROKEN THROUGH!
6. HARNESSING HALF A MILLION HORSES
7. “DWINDLING” PROJECTILES AND “DWINDLING” TRAINS
8. FROM THE ROCKET PLANE TO THE COSMIC SHIP
Part Three THE ATTACK ON INTERPLANETARY SPACE
9. THE ARMOUR OF THE ATMOSPHERE
10. AT THE THRESHOLD OF SPACE
11. ISLANDS AT THE TERRESTRIAL SHORES
12. ON AN ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE
Part Four “CONQUEST” OF THE UNIVERSE
13. THE FIRST GOAL— THE MOON
14. A FLIGHT TO THE PLANETS
15. COSMIC ROUTES
16. THE TAKE-OFF AND THE LANDING
17. A HOP, STEP AND JUMP
Part Five MAN IN SPACE
18. THE UNIVERSE AT THE SERVICE OF MAN
19. ON A SPACE SHIP
20. DO WE NEED OUR WEIGHT?
21. FATAL RAYS AND ERRANT MISSILES
Part Six A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE
22. FROM MOSCOW TO THE MOON
23. ON THE MOON
