First published by NASA in 2000 as Challenge to Apollo, these two volumes are the first comprehensive history of the Soviet-manned space programs covering a period of thirty years, from the end of World War II, when the Soviets captured German rocket technology, to the collapse of their moon program in the mid-1970s. Written by 2002 IDRF Fellow Asif Siddiqi. Buy from Amazon.

Publication Details

Title
Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge: The Soviet Space Race with Apollo
Authors
Siddiqi, Asif A.
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Publish Date
2003
ISBN
978-0813026275
Citation
Siddiqi, Asif A., Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge: The Soviet Space Race with Apollo (University Press of Florida, 2003).

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