Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge

by Asif A. Siddiqi

Book Overview

Winner of the Emme Award for Astronautical Literature, 200

First published by NASA in 2000 as Challenge to Apollo, these two volumes are the first comprehensive history of the Soviet-manned space programs covering a period of thirty years, from the end of World War II, when the Soviets captured German rocket technology, to the collapse of their moon program in the mid-1970s.

The spectacular Soviet successes of Sputnik--the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081302627X
• ISBN13: 9780813026275
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 574 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.2"