Space: Man's New Frontier: A Glimpse into the Exploration of Space

Unpaginated. Color cover and illustrations. Preceded U.S. moon landing by 7 years. Compliments of Red Ball (Company made foot wear! Now called Uniroyal [changed in 1967] or the United States Rubber Company) JETS by Ball-Band. Contents include what is space; about satellites; space pioneers; a look at our solar system; space station; space taxi; space ships; battery powered satellites; nuclear powered satellite; TV satellite; the tracking camera; rockets; interplanetary ship central control; space suit; settlement on the Moon. Illustrations include the Earth's atmosphere and beyond; facts about the planets; a man's weight, high jump and gravity on each planet; space station manned orbital satellite; space taxi; space ships;; the solar system; battery powered satellites; tracking camera; nuclear powered satellite; TV satellite; rockets; interplanetary ship central control; space suit diagram; a settlement on the Moon. Rear cover illustration: U.S. astronauts including Alan Shepard, Jr., Virgil Grissom, John Glenn, Jr., Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr., Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Donald Slayton, and Walter Schirra, Jr.