The Pre-Astronauts: Manned Ballooning on the Threshold of Space

Based on interviews with participants of the high-altitude balloon programs of the 1950s and 1960s, the author captures the drama of a small fraternity of daring, brilliant men.

• Author
• Craig Ryan

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 327

• Publisher
• US Naval Institute Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781557507327

• Genres
• history, space

• Release date
• 1995