Sputnik/Explorer I: The Race to Conquer Space

By Samuel Willard Crompton

Book Overview

The cold war served as the backdrop of the competition to find out which superpower - the United States or the Soviet Union - could reach outer space first. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791093573
• ISBN13: 9780791093573
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12