The Space Race to the Moon between the USSR and the USA

The Space Race to the Moon

Space Race:
The U.S.-U.S.S.R. Competition to Reach the Moon
by Martin J. Collins
Paperback (1999)

Pomegranate is pleased to announce the publication of Space Race, a book documenting in illuminating text and compelling photographs the half-century long struggle between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union to be the first country to send a man to the moon. Published in connection with a new permanent exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, Space Race tells the story of how space exploration was one of the most visible manifestations of a broad-reaching rivalry that pitted the politics, institutions, and cultures of the two countries against each other. Before a watchful world, each side sought to demonstrate its superiority through impressive feats in rocketry and space flight. The book looks at the publicly celebrated milestones of the first steps into space, as well as at highly secret military programs and efforts to spy on adversaries from high above the earth. It documents technological advances in spacecraft, spacesuits, and surveillance equipment. And it tells the very human story of space flight with pictures of astronauts, stories about their record-breaking journeys, and reproductions of written materials such as engineers’ notebooks. A companion piece to the Smithsonian exhibition, Space Race also stands alone to tell the fascinating story of the Cold War contest between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union.

The Chinese Space Programme:
From Conception to Future Capabilities
by Brian Harvey
Hardcover (1998)

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