Sputnik and the Soviet space challenge /
Siddiqi, Asif A.,1966-
Siddiqi, Asif A.,1966-Challenge to Apollo.
Gainesville, Fla. : University Press of Florida,
2003.
Originally published as first half of: Challenge to Apollo. Washington, D.C. : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Presage -- First steps -- Stalin and the rocket -- Sputnik -- Designing the first spaceship -- Organizing for the space program -- Gagarin -- Looking to the future -- Space politics -- "There are more things in Heaven and Earth ..." -- Three steps to the moon.
Astronautics
Space race