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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aLaunius, Roger D., _e1
245	1	0	_aReaching for the moon : _ba short history of the space race / _cRoger D. Launius.
260			_aNew Haven : _bYale University Press, _c(c)2019.
300			_a1 online resource.
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337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	8		_aAt the dawn of the space age, technological breakthroughs in Earth orbit flight were both breathtaking feats of ingenuity and disturbances to a delicate global balance of power. In this short book, aerospace historian Roger D. Launius concisely and engagingly explores the driving force of this era: the race to the Moon. Beginning with the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957 and closing with the end of the Apollo program in 1972, Launius examines how early space exploration blurred the lines between military and civilian activities, and how key actions led to space firsts as well as crushing failures. Launius places American and Soviet programs on equal footing-following American aerospace engineers Wernher von Braun and Robert Gilruth, their Soviet counterparts Sergei Korolev and Valentin Glushko, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov-to highlight key actions that led to various successes, failures, and ultimately the American Moon landing.
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505	0	0	_aPrologue: U.S./USSR Early Postwar Rocketry -- _tONE: Sputnik Winter -- _tTWO: The First Race to the Moon -- _tTHREE: Star Voyagers -- _tFOUR: The Decisions to Go to the Moon -- _tFIVE: The Game of One-Upmanship -- _tSIX: Creating the Moon-Landing Capability -- _tSEVEN: Realization -- _tEIGHT: Revelations.
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650		0	_aSpace race _xHistory.
650		0	_aSpace flight to the moon _xHistory.
650		0	_aAstronautics and state _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aAstronautics and state _zSoviet Union _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2149384&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell