The red rockets' glare
Subtitle: spaceflight and the Soviet imagination, 1857-1957
By: Asif A. Siddiqi.
Series: Cambridge centennial of flight
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521897600
Subjects: Astronautics -- Soviet Union -- History; Science and state -- Soviet Union -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A space for science and a science for space; title: "Grief and genius"; title: Imagining the cosmos; title: Local action, state imperatives; title: "All of this requires investigation"; title: Russians in Germany; title: Cold War and the creation of the Soviet ICBM; title: Fellow travelers; title: Launching Sputnik.