Red star in orbitProvides a candid, behind-the-scenes look at the Russian space program since 1957, discussing the designers of the program, the cosmonauts, the successes, the failures, and more |
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Contents
At Home in Orbit | 3 |
The Birth of Sputnik | 14 |
The Nedelin Catastrophe | 39 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Red star in orbit |
| Author | James E. Oberg |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing Group, 1981 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 15, 2008 |
| ISBN | 0394514297, 9780394514291 |
| Length | 272 pages |
| Subjects | › › Fiction / Science Fiction / General Science / Space Science |
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