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Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age
Red Moon Rising Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age
Author: Matthew Brzezinski
On 4 October 1957, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union secretly launched Sputnik, Earth's first artificial moon. Powered by a car battery, it passed over the stunned American continent once every 101 minutes and propelled the USSR from backward state to superpower and pioneer of the Space Age. This is the pulse-racing story of a time...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780747593072
ISBN-10: 0747593078
Publication Date: 7/7/2008
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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