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Countdown : a history of space flight / T.A. Heppenheimer.

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Field name	Details
ISBN	0471144398 (cloth)
ISBN	0471291056 (pbk.)
Author	Heppenheimer, T. A., 1947-
Title	Countdown : a history of space flight / T.A. Heppenheimer.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	New York. : John Wiley & Sons, c1997.
Description	x, 398 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
Note	Includes index.
Bibliography	Bibliography: p. 363-376.
Contents	1. Wonder-Weapons and Prison Camps: Rocketry under Stalin and Hitler -- 2. Ingenious Yankees: The Rise of America's Rocket Industry -- 3. Racing to Armageddon: The Superpowers Begin Their Missile Programs -- 4. The Mid-1950s: Spacecraft, Planned and Imagined -- 5. "The Russians Are Ahead of Us!": The Space Race Begins -- 6. A Promise of Moonglow: Space in the Wake of Sputnik -- 7. Afternoon in May: Kennedy Commits to the Moon -- 8. High-Water Mark: The Manned Moon Race -- 9. Lunar Aftermath: Space Stations and the Shuttle -- 10. Electrons in the Void: The Unmanned Space Programs -- 11. Space in the Eighties: The Efforts Falter -- 12. Renewal and Outlook: Commerce and Cooperation in Space.
Subjects	Space race -- History
	Astronautics and state -- United States -- History
	Astronautics and state -- Soviet Union -- History
	Cold War -- History
Call number	EDWARDS 387.809 HEP

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Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00534762	EDWARDS 387.809 HEP	Edwards Collection		. Not for Loan .