Red moon rising Sputnik and the hidden rivalries that ignited the Space Age
The behind-the-scenes story of the fierce battles on earth that launched the superpowers into space. Khrushchev was frustrated at America's U-2 spy plane, which flew too high to be shot down. But Russia's chief rocket designer, had an answer: an artificial satellite that would orbit the ea...
Main Author: | Brzezinski, Matthew, 1965- |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Times Books,
2007.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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