TY  - BOOK
AU  - Heppenheimer,T.A.
TI  - Countdown: a history of space flight 
SN  - 0471144398 (cloth)
AV  - TL789.8.U5 H49 1997
U1  - 387.8/09 20
PY  - 1997///
CY  - New York
PB  - John Wiley & Sons
KW  - Astronautics and state
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - History
KW  - United States
KW  - Cold War
KW  - Space race
N1  - 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
ER  -