Red Moon Rising: Sputnik And The Rivalries That Ignited The Space Age by Matthew Brzezinski

Red Moon Rising: Sputnik And The Rivalries That Ignited The Space Age

Matthew Brzezinski

322 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative fast-paced
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On October 4, 1957, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union secretly launched Sputnik, the Earth's first ever artificial moon. No bigger than a basketball, this tiny satellite was powered by a car battery. Yet for all its simplicity, Sputn...

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