Countdown : a history of space flight /
Heppenheimer, T. A., 1947-
Countdown : a history of space flight / T.A. Heppenheimer. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1997. - x, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0471144398 (cloth)
96028245
GB97-38283
Astronautics and state--History.--Soviet Union
Astronautics and state--History.--United States
Cold War--History.
Space race--History.
TL789.8.U5 / H49 1997
387.8/09
Countdown : a history of space flight / T.A. Heppenheimer. - New York : John Wiley & Sons, 1997. - x, 398 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0471144398 (cloth)
96028245
GB97-38283
Astronautics and state--History.--Soviet Union
Astronautics and state--History.--United States
Cold War--History.
Space race--History.
TL789.8.U5 / H49 1997
387.8/09