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Author Crompton, Samuel Willard.

Title Sputnik/Explorer 1 : the race to conquer space / Samuel Willard Crompton.

Publication Info. New York : Chelsea House, [2007]
©2007
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 Bristol, Main Library - Young Adult Materials in Adult Department  YA629.4 C88    Check Shelf
Description 106 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Series Milestones in American history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 98-100) and index.
Contents Sputnik -- Science fiction, Science fact -- Explorer and NASA -- From Mercury to Gemini -- Walking in space -- Setbacks -- Saved by Saint Nick -- One giant leap -- Space in the imagination -- Chronology -- Timeline -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further reading -- Index.
Summary Chronicles the cold war space race between the Soviet Union and the United States, culminating in the launches of Sputnik I in 1957 and Explorer I in 1958.
Subject Astronautics -- Juvenile literature.
Astronautics.
ISBN 9780791093573 alkaline paper
0791093573 alkaline paper
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