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The first space race : launching the world's first satellites
- Title
- The first space race : launching the world's first satellites / Matt Bille and Erika Lishock ; foreword by James A. Van Allen.
- Author
- Bille, Matt, 1959-
- Publication
- College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Lishock, Erika.
- Description
- xviii, 214 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Offers an account of the competitive technological and political race between the United States and the Soviet Union and their leaders to launch satellites.
- Series Statement
- Centennial of flight series ; 08
- Uniform Title
- Centennial of flight series ; 08.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-206) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Race to Valhalla -- 1. Laying the Foundations: From Kepler to the Cold War -- 2. Origins of the U.S. Satellite Program -- 3. The Dream of Sergey Korolev -- 4. Turning Point: The Stewart Committee -- 5. The Trials of Project Vanguard -- 6. Russia Triumphant -- 7. Heartbreak and Triumph: The Path to Explorer 1 -- 8. NOTSNIK: The Secret Competitor -- 9. Storming the Heavens: Satellites of 1958 59 -- 10. Final Assessment.
- ISBN
- 1585443565
- 9781585443567
- 1585443743
- 9781585443741
- LCCN
- 2003026809
- 99940196741
- OCLC
- ocm53926828
- 53926828
- SCSB-1348005
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library