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In the single largest undertaking of his writing career to date, Pat has authored Spaceflight: A Historical Encyclopedia, which has just been published in three volumes by Greenwood Press (an imprint of ABC-Clio Inc.).
Covering the entire spectrum of humanity’s exploration of space, from the first half of the twentieth century to the present, the Encyclopedia features a total of 650,000 words.
Through biographies, histories of the space programs of the U.S. and Russia and other nations who have made significant contributions to the history of space exploration, the Encyclopedia tells the story of every crewed space launch and all major unmanned lunar and planetary missions, and includes a complete chronology of every Space Shuttle and Soyuz mission.
The Foreword for the Encyclopedia is authored by Dr. Story Musgrave, the veteran NASA astronaut who has flown in space six times. To learn more about Story’s remarkable life and career, visit his website at www.storymusgrave.com
An intense labor of love, the finished Encyclopedia represents a major leap forward for Pat, and a significant addition to the available reference works about the history of space exploration.
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In addition to his latest work, Patrick’s other projects related to the history of space exploration include the original version of his Echoes Among the Stars website, which contains
Pat has also published a number of articles with space-related themes. These include:
• Contributed Comments: “What One Book: The U.S. Space Program,” Bookmarks, January/February, 2007 Read
• Spaceflight: A Historical Encyclopedia
• Three volume print encyclopedia featuring extensive coverage of all human and all major robotic space flight programs.
• Extensive histories of the “First Era” of space exploration, including Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Vostok, Voskhod, astronauts, cosmonauts, satellite programs, and early international efforts.
• Detailed coverage of each U.S. Space Shuttle mission and every Soviet/Russian Soyuz flight through 2008.
• Coverage of international space programs and biographies of astronauts and cosmonauts from a wide array of nations around the globe.
Features:
• Stunning photos and informative illustrations
• Annotated multi-subject bibliography
• Appendices with chronological lists of human space flights and EVAs (spacewalks)
• Comprehensive index
• 699 articles; 650,000 words
Status: Published by Greenwood Press (an imprint of ABC-Clio Inc.) in January, 2010.
Now Available: Patrick’s Three Volume Encyclopedia of Space Exploration
