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Countdown: A history of space flight

by Heppenheimer, T. A., frey50
Published by : John Wiley & Sons, (New York :) , 1997 Physical details: x, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. ISBN:0471144398 (cloth).
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300 - 399 387.809 Hep (Browse shelf) Available 76499

Wonder weapons and prison camps : rocketry under Stalin and Hitler -- Ingenious Yankees : the rise of America's rocket industry -- Racing to Armageddon : the superpowers begin their missile programs -- The mid-1950's : spacecraft, planned and imagined -- "The Russians are ahead of us!" : the space race begins -- A promise of moonglow : space in the wake of Sputnik -- Afternoon in May : Kennedy commits to the moon -- High-water mark : the manned moon race -- Lunar aftermath : space stations and the shuttle -- Electrons in the void : the unmanned space programs -- Space in the eighties : the efforts falter -- Renewal and outlook : commerce and cooperation in space.