Rocketry Though the Ages (1959)

 

This book has really nice rocket illustrations. Each painted images takes you through history and into the anticipated near future. I blogged about this in 2010, so a more complete scan seemed good. Also having the text that goes with each page is a plus, yea for flatbed scanners! Remember you can "click" on each image and it will appear larger (and maybe more readable.)

Cox, Donald W. and Michael Stoiko. Illustrated by Kocher, W.A. Rocketry through the Ages. Philadelphia: Winston. (41 p.) 1959.

Man-Made Moons (1960)

 

Another book re-scanned. This one has some wonderful graphics and book design. The design is meant to be an example of isotype graphic design. This was a visual language created to unite the world without using words at all: International System Of Typographic Picture Education, or Isotype. It feel very streamlined. Since many of the pages double page spreads I scanned most of the book that way. I have another earlier space book also with a similar design concept. I last blogged about this book in 2010.

Neurath, Marie. Man-made Moons. London: M. Parrish. (36 p.) 1960.

Valentina Tereshkova (Mujeres Celebres) (1967)

 

Celebrating 60 years ago when the first woman went into space.

This is a 1967 Spanish comic book highlighting famous women, in this case: Valentina Tereshkova. I last blogged about this in 2009 so it was time for an expansion. It is unusual to find a biographical comic book devoted to a single astro/cosmo naut. My Spanish is poor but the illustrations do a good job showing her background and a history of the event.  She is known for being the first and youngest woman in space, having flown a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She orbited the Earth 48 times, spent almost three days in space, and remains the only woman to have been on a solo space mission.

Mujeres Celebres ("Valentina Tereshkova", No. 77) August 1, 1967. Organizacion Editorial Novaro, S.A. 1967 (30 p.)