The Soviet space race with Apollo

Title
  1. The Soviet space race with Apollo / Asif A. Siddiqi.
Published by
  1. Gainesville : University Press of Florida, 2003.
Author
  1. Siddiqi, Asif A., 1966-

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Description
  1. pages xx, 517-1005 : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
  1. "The Soviet Space Race with Apollo was originally the second half of Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974, a single volume published in 2000 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration as part of the NASA History Series. The present volume includes chapters 12-20 accompanied by tables and appendices (pages 517-977 of that book). Its companion volume, Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, includes the first half of the original publication."--Jacket.
Subject
  1. Astronautics > Soviet Union > History
  2. Space race > History
  3. Astronautics
  4. Space race
  5. Apollo-Programm
  6. Raumfahrt
  7. ASTRONAUTICS
  8. SPACE EXPLORATION
  9. HISTORIES
  10. Soviet Union
  11. Sowjetunion
  12. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Genre/Form
  1. History.
Contents
  1. A New Beginning -- Tragedy -- Getting Back on Track -- Final Lap to the Moon -- Options -- Dreams Unfulfilled -- Ashes to Ashes -- Tomorrow Never Knows -- Orbital Launch Attempts in the Soviet Piloted Space Program, 1960-74 -- Mission Parameters for Selected Orbital Flights -- Nonorbital Launch Attempts Supporting the Soviet Piloted Space Program, 1951-74 -- Cosmonaut Selection Groups, 1960-74.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Note
  1. Originally the second half of Challenge to Apollo, a single volume published in 2000.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 861-870) and index.