Up for sale is a rare piece of aerospace and science fiction history: Interplanetary Flight and Communication (Volume 1, No. 2: "Spacecraft in Science Fiction") by Soviet space pioneer Nikolai A. Rynin.

Originally compiled in Russia between 1928 and 1932 as the world’s first comprehensive encyclopedia of astronautics, this specific edition is the highly sought-after English translation published in 1971 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) (NASA Technical Translation TT F-641).

This specific volume offers a fascinating historical look at how early literature, myths, and science fiction shaped the minds of early rocket scientists.

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