a short history of the space race Launius, Roger D. creator author text bibliography History. Print books. ctu ©2019 2019 2019 monographic eng

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vi, 247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm At the dawn of the space age, technological breakthroughs in Earth orbit flight were both breathtaking feats of ingenuity and disturbances to a delicate global balance of power. In this short book, aerospace historian Roger D. Launius concisely and engagingly explores the driving force of this era: the race to the Moon. Beginning with the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957 and closing with the end of the Apollo program in 1972, Launius examines how early space exploration blurred the lines between military and civilian activities, and how key actions led to space firsts as well as crushing failures. Launius places American and Soviet programs on equal footing-following American aerospace engineers Wernher von Braun and Robert Gilruth, their Soviet counterparts Sergei Korolev and Valentin Glushko, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov-to highlight key actions that led to various successes, failures, and ultimately the American Moon landing Prologue: U.S./USSR Early Postwar Rocketry -- ONE: Sputnik Winter -- TWO: The First Race to the Moon -- THREE: Star Voyagers -- FOUR: The Decisions to Go to the Moon -- FIVE: The Game of One-Upmanship -- SIX: Creating the Moon-Landing Capability -- SEVEN: Realization -- EIGHT: Revelations Roger D. Launius Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-233) and index zo----- n-us--- e-ur--- Space flight to the moon History Space race History Astronautics and state United States History Astronautics and state Soviet Union History Outer space Exploration History TL799.M6 L386 2019 9780300230468 2018950632 YDX 181003 20200120112315.0 1055264318 eng