Race for Space 2: Sputnik Launches
By David Baker & Anatoly Zak
- Release Date: 2013-09-11
- Genre: Science & Nature
Description
The second in the Race for Space multi-touch book series tells the story behind the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957 – an event that was greeted with amazement around the world but caused acute embarrassment in the White House for reasons that could not be made public.
