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Animal space flight Astronautics Soviet Union History Astronautics Soviet Union History Juvenile literature Astronautics United States History Astronautics United States History Juvenile literature Dogs as laboratory animals Laika (Dog) Soviet Union Space race History Space race History Juvenile literatureBenoit, Peter
Summary: Describes the history of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Space BenoitLassieur, Allison.
Summary: "Describes the space race and the moon landing. Readers' choices reveal various historical details"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC YOUCherrix, Amy E.
Summary: The award-winning author of Eye of the Storm chronicles the lesser-known rivalry between former Nazi-turned-U.S. Cold War scientist Wernher von Braun and Russian rocket designer Sergei Korolev, explaining how their controversial scientific achievements shaped human history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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Summary: "Simple text and full-color illustrations describe the true story of Laika, the first dog in outer space"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Picture Window Books, a Capstone imprint 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 929.43 WITCadbury, Deborah.
Summary: Presents a history of the space programs of the United States and the Soviet Union and the competition to be the first to land on the Moon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.4 CADWalker, Stephen
Summary: A sixtieth-anniversary tribute to Russia's history-making first space mission documents the story of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the program's repurposing of a nuclear ballistic missile, and the Cold War challenges that shrouded the mission in secrecy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 GAGARIN, YURI ALEKSEYEVICH WALSummary: Laika, a stray dog picked up by the Soviet space program on the streets of Moscow, became the first living being to orbit the earth when she was launched into space on Sputnik 2. Although Laika would not survive the journey, directors Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter trace the persistence of her memory and legacy into the present day.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SPABrzezinski, Matthew
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 629.4 BRZPowers, Zach
Summary: "A stunningly imaginative novel about the Cold War, the Russian space program, and the amazing fraud that pulled the wool over the eyes of the world. It's 1964 in the USSR, and unbeknownst even to Premier Khrushchev himself, the Soviet space program is a sham. Well, half a sham. While the program has successfully launched five capsules into space, the Chief Designer and his team have never...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Powers 2019Hoffman, David E. (David Emanuel)
Summary: "While getting into his car on the evening of February 16, 1978, the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was handed an envelope by an unknown Russian. Its contents stunned the Americans: details of top-secret Soviet research and development in military technology that was totally unknown to the United States. From 1979 to 1985, Adolf Tolkachev, an engineer at a military research center, cracked...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2015