Red moon rising : Sputnik and the hidden rivalries that ignited the Space Age / Matthew Brzezinski.

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 earth and cr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brzezinski, Matthew, 1965-
Language:English
Published: New York : Times Books, 2007.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Space race > United States > History > 20th century.
Space race > Soviet Union > History > 20th century.
Cold War.
Sputnik satellites.
United States > Politics and government > 1953-1961.
Soviet Union > Politics and government > 1953-1985.
Physical Description:322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The request
  • Jet power
  • Trials and errors
  • Tomorrowland
  • Desert fires
  • Pictures in black and white
  • A simple satellite
  • By the light of a red moon
  • Something for the holidays
  • Operation confidence
  • Goldstone has the bird.