Space Craze: America's Enduring Fascination with Real and Imagined Spaceflight

by Margaret A. Weitekamp

Book Overview

A space historian's tour through astounding spaceflight history and the Smithsonian's collection of space and science fiction memorabilia

Winner of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics' 2024 Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Literature Award

Spanning from the 1929 debut of the futuristic Buck Rogers to present-day privatization of spaceflight, Space Craze celebrates America's endless enthusiasm for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588347257
• ISBN13: 9781588347251
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.1"