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Documents the personal and political events surrounding the launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 and provides a glimpse into the lives of the people responsible for creating the first man-made object in space.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Sputnik night
Gravity fighters
Vengeance rocket
An open sky
The birth of Sputnik
Red Monday
Dog days
American birds
Ike scores
Sputnik's legacy
Epilogue.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 276-293) and index.
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