Heppenheimer, T. A.,  frey50        <br/><br/>
Countdown: A history of space flight  a history of space flight / 
T.A. Heppenheimer. 
 - New York :  John Wiley & Sons,  1997. 
 - x, 398 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0471144398 (cloth) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96028245 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Space race--History.<br/>Astronautics and state--History.--United States<br/>Cold War--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>387.809 Hep   9