Epic rivalry : the inside story of the Soviet and American space race / Von Hardesty and Gene Eisman...
Epic rivalry : the inside story of the Soviet and American space race / Von Hardesty and Gene Eisman...
Epic rivalry : the inside story of the Soviet and American space race / Von Hardesty and Gene Eisman.
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Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2007.
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N629.409/5
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English
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xxvii, 275 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue : arrow to the future -- Ch. 1. The great trophy hunt -- Ch. 2. Space and the Cold War -- Ch. 3. Sputnik nights -- Ch. 4. The human dimension -- Ch. 5. Portals to the cosmos -- Ch. 6. The space race quickens -- Ch. 7. A distant prize -- Epilogue : old visions, new realities.
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Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2007.
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c2007.
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"Fifty years after the voyage of Sputnik 1 took Americans by surprise, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Von Hardesty and independent historian and researcher Gene Eisman draw from behind-the-scenes accounts, new information gleaned from recently released documents, and rare and never-before-published photographs from Russian and Am...
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Epic rivalry : the inside story of the Soviet and American space race / Von Hardesty and Gene Eisman.
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Foreword by Sergei Khrushchev.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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N629.409/5
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74VKzeg2j76y
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1426201192 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781426201196 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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629.409046
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991023616939702626
