©1969 / The cover of this book isn't that great but the page design and illustrations on the inside are great. Below are the design/illustration credits, very cool about "Galaxia."
This book was first published in 1951 with a second edition in 1958. Of the three books in my three day tribute to the moon landing, this book is the most primitive. You can tell from the illustrations that they had no idea what American space craft would ultimately look like. There is a science fiction feel to the depictions.
This book was published in 1960 with a revised edition in 1962. It's main focus it the preparation for space travel as at the time of the publication of the revision John Glenn had just become the first American in space. This is one of those stamp/sticker books where kids would put certain illustrations in place. Is there a name for that genre? The illustration of the hallucinating astronaut is the best the part.
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Since the 40th anniversary of the moon landing is tomorrow, I'm going to do three days of space race related posts. The above illustrations are from Man's Reach into Space, published in 1959 and updated in 1964. The book spends a lot of time on the history of flight leading up to space travel and the effects of flight on the human body.