Challenge to Apollo
The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974 (NASA History Series SP-2000-4408)
Published on 1. March 2011
Book
Hardback
1030 pages
978-1-78039-301-8 (ISBN)
Description
Taking advantage of the Soviet archives, which were opened in the 1990s, Siddiqi has written a groundbreaking work that examines why the Soviet Union fell behind in the space race of the 1960s after changing the course of human history with the first artificial satellite launch, Sputnik, in 1957. 1,030 pp.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Saffron Walden
United Kingdom
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 59 mm
Weight
1706 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78039-301-8 (9781780393018)
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