Space Race: The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Competition to Reach the Moon
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (509 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0764909053 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Smythe-sewn paperbound book, with flaps. The companion volume to a new permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum, "Space Race" examines the spectacular, publicly celebrated milestones of the first steps into space, as well as highly secret efforts to spy on adversaries from high above the Earth. 120 pages, 68 color and 34 black-and-white photos. Size: 8 1/2 x 11".. This fascinating book tells, in concise text and abundant illustrations, the story of the fifty-year struggle for dominion of outer space between the United States and the Soviet Union. More than one hundred photographs document technological advances in spacecraft, spacesuits, and surveillance equipment, while also telling the human story of space flight with pictures of astronauts, notes on their record-breaking journeys, and reproductions of engineers' first thumbnail sketches and rough outlines of what would become state-of-the-art rocketry
Space Race in Pictures John R. Keller This relatively short book, a little more than a 100 pages, presents the US-USSR space race in high quality pictures with a small amount of accompanying text. Some of the pictures are the classic photographs from the space race; however, most of the photographs have rarely been published and even then only in specialized publications. There is a great presentation of Russian documents and hardware.The book opens with a section on the German development of the V-2, the race to be the first country to place satellite in orbit, and the development. "Excellent Photographic Survey of the Space Race" according to John R. Keller. This relatively short book, a little more than a 100 pages, presents the US-USSR space race in high quality pictures with a small amount of accompanying text. Some of the pictures are the classic photographs from the space race; however, most of the photographs have rarely been publishing and even then only in specialized publications. There is a great presentation of Russian documents and hardware.The book opens with a section on the German development of the V-2, the race to be the first country to place satellite in orbit, and the developmen. "Great book featuring awesome photos" according to A Customer. Space Race offers the casual reader a glimpse of the "space race" from its humble beginnings to the triumphant landing on the moon.Many of the photos presented in the book have never before been published before.I bought this book for my collection of other books on astronomy, space exploration, etc.I have not regretted my decision.