Wonder weapons and prison camps : rocketry under Stalin and Hitler -- Ingenious Yankees : the rise of America's rocket industry -- Racing to Armageddon : the superpowers begin their missile programs -- The mid-1950's : spacecraft, planned and imagined -- "The Russians are ahead of us!" : the space race begins -- A promise of moonglow : space in the wake of Sputnik -- Afternoon in May : Kennedy commits to the moon -- High-water mark : the manned moon race -- Lunar aftermath : space stations and the shuttle -- Electrons in the void : the unmanned space programs -- Space in the eighties : the efforts falter -- Renewal and outlook : commerce and cooperation in space.
