Red moon rising : Sputnik and the hidden rivalries that ignited the Space Age
Summary
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... Full description
- 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.