The Missile and Space Race [Hardcover]

Alan Levine (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0275944514 | ISBN-13: 978-0275944513 | Publication Date: July 30, 1994

Here is a history of the development of military missiles and space travel from World War II to the American visits to the Moon in 1969-1972. It stresses the relationship between the early stages of space exploration and the arms race, and that a dual path led to space flight. One was the development of unmanned long-range war rockets, the other, less often noted, was the rocket-powered research plane. The first path led through the intercontinental ballistic missile to the first artificial satellites and space capsule; the latter, more uniquely American, through the X-series and Skyrocket rocket planes to the X-15, and ultimately to the Space Shuttle. The early part of the book focuses on the Soviet-American race to develop the ICBM in the 1950s, and the first satellites, with particular attention paid to the events and reactions that followed the flight of Sputnik I in 1957 and the subsequent missile gap era.

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Book Description

This book is a history of the missile and space race in the 1950s and 1960s.

About the Author

ALAN J. LEVINE is a historian specializing in Russian history, international relations, and World War II.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (July 30, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0275944514
• ISBN-13: 978-0275944513
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,245,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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