The race to space

Clive Gifford

Book - 2019

You know that man has walked on the Moon, but do you know the story of how he got there? With the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing on 20th July 2019, this book celebrates the Space Race rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union. Readers will learn about the neck-and-neck race between the two superpowers, through an illustrated story of the rivalry that gripped the world. From Russia's first satellite, Sputnik, to Neil Armstrong planting a US a flag on the moon, discover the events that unfolded through amazing nostalgic illustrations and engaging text. Explore, too, how these two space agencies now work together, and how the monumental achievements of the space race have created world-changing technology that we all use and benef...it from today.

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Subjects
Genres
Instructional and educational works
Published
Lake Forest, CA : words & pictures, an imprint of the Quarto Group [2019]
Language
English
Main Author
Clive Gifford (author)
Other Authors
Paul Daviz (illustrator)
Item Description
"From Sputnik to the moon landing and beyond..."--Cover.
Includes index.
Physical Description
64 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm
ISBN
9781786038906
  • Look up and dream
  • Superpowers collide
  • Rocket men
  • The Cold War hots up
  • Sputnik soars into space
  • Kaputnik!
  • Space zoo
  • Astronauts wanted
  • One wild ride
  • First man in space
  • Playing catch-up
  • Soviet strides
  • Probe wars
  • Spacewalk!
  • Building the Saturn V
  • Saturn V
  • Module maneuvers
  • Bouncing back
  • Astronauts out of this world
  • The race gians pace
  • Next pace: the moon
  • One small step
  • Coming home
  • Machines on the moon
  • "Houston, we've had a problem..."
  • Last man on the moon
  • Handshake across space
  • Working together
  • International Space Station
  • Space inventions
  • Timeline.
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Beginning with a brief history of rockets, this timeline-style narrative of key Soviet and U.S. achievements in space details specific missions and technological advances from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Gifford's breaking-news-style headings and subject-centered takes capture achievements and moments in space history but falter in conveying complex information. The Cold War and nuclear power each earn a one-paragraph gloss, leaving Space Race drivers a blurry mix of military paranoia and scientific glory, and the story tapers off into peaceful cooperation without much context as to how hostilities eased. The book focuses mostly on white men, though a small text box mentions that the U.S. recruited and trained 13 women in its astronaut program in 1960-1961, and Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, merits a spread. Daviz's schematic, retro-futuristic illustrations brighten each page with stylized snapshots of groundbreaking moments. A timeline concludes. Ages 7-11. (May) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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