Part of Series
Step to the Stars is a juvenile science fiction novel about the construction of the first space station. This is hard science fiction, using the best technological ideas of 1954 to tell an adventure story of man’s exploration of space. Step to the Stars was followed by two sequels: Mission to the Moon and Moon of Mutiny.
Author
Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey is especially famous for his juvenile novels such as those which are part of the Winston Science Fiction series, and for Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books edited by Lester del Rey and his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. Also published as: Philip St. John Eric van Lihn Erik van Lhin Kenneth Wright Edson McCann (with Frederik Pohl)
