Classic aerospace engineering reference by Krafft Ehricke, one of the pioneering thinkers of the Space Age. Covers astronautics, orbital mechanics, rocket systems, and the principles of spaceflight.

From the working library of a retired NASA astrophysicist. This volume was part of a carefully maintained professional reference collection kept in a climate-controlled office environment.

Hardcover edition in very good condition. Binding remains solid and pages are clean. Dust jacket may show normal shelf wear and age-related imperfections. Page 332 has a small notch in it from a bookmark left clipped for 30+ years. Please review photographs for exact condition.

An excellent addition for collectors of space exploration history, aerospace engineers, astrodynamics researchers, and students of astronautics.