Learn about the challenges and benefits of space exploration. Includes the development of rocket science, the space race and history of manned space travel. Experience real space adventures, NASA footage and hands-on investigations.
This book discusses the United States' role in the space race in the 1960s, including the beginning of NASA, early space exploration, and the first moon landing by American astronauts.
Discusses the race between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first nation to send a man into space and to land on the moon, including a glimpse of historical, technological, and human factors involved.
the inside story of the Soviet and American space race
Hardesty, Von
2007
Draws on previously unreleased documents, rare photographs, and other resources from both the American and Soviet archives to offer a detailed look at the rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and the impact that rivalry had on the desire and push to send a man into outer space.
the epic battle between America and the Soviet Union for dominion of space
Cadbury, Deborah
2007
Traces the development of rockets and spaceflight from German experiments before World War II to the manned moon landings, and provides biographies on two scientists, Wernher von Braun and Sergei Korolev.
Chronicles the United States and Russia's race to successfully launch the world's first satellites in the 1950s, profiling key developments, people, and events.
Photographs and text chronicle the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first to reach the moon, looking at the lengths to which each nation went to keep an eye on what the other was doing, and discussing how the contest evolved into a partnership.
Examines mankind's exploration of outer space, from early rockets, through the competition to land on the moon first, to the cooperative efforts leading to an international space station.
