Balloon to the Moon

Author: Arbuthnott, Gill

c 1700 to c 1800

Published on 1 October 2020 by Templar Books (Big Picture Press) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 80 pages
236 x 299 x 12 | 480g

THE STORY OF THE HUMAN JOURNEY TO SPACELong before anyone had designed a rocket, the Montgolfier brothers were making hot air balloons. In October 1783, they became the first people to experience controlled flight. Balloon to the Moon starts there and leads to Neil Armstrong's 'small step' and beyond. But why stop there? Learn about the great innovations of the past, then get ready for BLAST OFF into an unknown but exciting future.