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For the fiftieth anniversary of Sputnik, the behind-the-scenes story of the fierce battles on earth that launched the superpowers into space The spy planes were driving Nikita Khrushchev mad. Whenever America wanted to peer inside the Soviet Union, it launched a U-2, which flew too high to... read more
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People edit
- Sergei Korolev: Add a description of this character.
- Sergei Khrushchev
- Medaris
- Wernher Von Braun
- Eisenhower
- Glushko
- Lyndon Johnson
- Richard Bissell
- Zhukov
- Stalin
- Stuart Symington
- Charles Erwin Wilson: United States Secretary of Defense, 1953-1957.
- Donald Quarles
- John Foster Dulles
- Mcelroy
- Hitler
- Redstone
- Bulganin
- Boris Chertok
- Beria
- Stuhlinger
- Russell
- Jones
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Kaganovich
- Nixon
- Dornberger
- Khrushchey
- Gavin
- Voskresenskiy
- Allen Dulles
- Maria
- Sedov
- Martin
- Killian
- Sergei Pavlovich
- Sherman Adams
- Nickerson
Setting & Locations edit
- Moscow
- America
- United States
- Soviet Union
- Washington
- White House
- Russia
- Kremlin
- Germany
- Huntsville
- Pravda
- Texas
- Jupiter
- Kiev
- Europe
- Cape Canaveral
- Hungary
- Tyura-tam
- Little Rock
- Britain
- Poland
- France
- Florida
- Tbilisi
- Leningrad
- Asia
- New York
- Georgia
- Budapest
- Iran
- Paris
- Odessa
- China
- Berlin
- Warsaw
- Kolyma
- Newport
Authors & Contributors edit
- Matthew Brzezinski (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 629.4109045
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1950s
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Astronomy › Astrophysics & Space Science
- Books › Science › Astronomy › Aeronautics & Astronautics
- Books › History › World › 20th Century
- Books › Science › Technology › History of Technology
- Books › Science › Astronomy › Astrophysics & Space Science
- Books › History › Russia
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