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In the shadow of the moon: America, Russia, and the hidden history of the space race

✍ Scribed by Recorded Books, Inc.;Cherrix, Amy E.;Korolev, Sergeĭ Pavlovich;Von Braun, Wernher

Publisher
Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Year
2021
Tongue
English
Weight
1013 KB
Edition
First edition
Category
Fiction
City
New York, NY, Soviet Union., United States.
ISBN
0062888757

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✦ Synopsis

An exhilarating dive into the secret history of humankind's race to the moon, from acclaimed author Amy Cherrix. This fascinating and immersive read is perfect for fans of Steve Sheinkin's Bomb and M. T. Anderson's Symphony for the City of the Dead.

You've heard of the space race, but do you know the whole story?

The most ambitious race humankind has ever undertaken was masterminded in the shadows by two engineers on opposite sides of the Cold War--Wernher von Braun, a former Nazi officer living in the US, and Sergei Korolev, a Russian rocket designer once jailed for crimes against his country--and your textbooks probably never told you.

Von Braun became an American hero, recognized the world over, while Korolev toiled in obscurity. These two brilliant rocketeers never met, but together they shaped the science of spaceflight and redefined modern warfare. From Stalin's brutal Gulag prisons and Hitler's concentration camps to Cape...

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United States

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