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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Sputnik Sputnik Paul Dickson "On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launced the first man-made object into space, a 184-pound satellite carrying only a radio transmitter. Wh… OL108513W
The first lunar landing The first lunar landing Dennis B. Fradin "Covers the first manned lunar landing as a watershed event in U.S. history, influencing social, economic, and political policies that shaped the nation's future"--Provided by publisher. OL15050129W
America's future in space America's future in space National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Rationale and Goals of the U.S. Civil Space Program xvi, 89 p. : 23 cm OL15415791W
Space chronicles Space chronicles Neil deGrasse Tyson,Avis Lang "La NASA está en un punto crítico; después de décadas de supremacíamundial, canceló su programa de transbordadores cerrando su acceso al espacio. Hasta 2020, ningún astronauta será lanzado fuera de l… OL16142214W
Amazing stories of the space age Amazing stories of the space age Rod Pyle 341 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : 23 cm OL20047393W
Spacefarers Spacefarers Michael J. Neufeld Historians, political scientists and others have extensively examined the technical, programmatic and political history of human spaceflight from the 1960s to the 1980s, but work is only beginning on… OL20050836W
Russian spacecraft Russian spacecraft Robert Godwin The Soviet Union began the space race in 1957 but the legacy of Russian astronautics dates back to the 19th century. A long list of accomplishments places the Russian people in the vanguard of space … OL2881988W
Korolev Korolev James Harford In the late 1950s and early 1960s when the West was stunned by the space accomplishments of the Soviet Union, the identity of their "Chief Designer" was a state secret in keeping with the tradition o… OL8226013W