The Race for Space: The United States and the Soviet Union Compete for the New Frontier

by Betsy Kuhn

Book Overview

It was a small sphere, less than two feet in diameter. But when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit on October 4, 1957, waves of excitement and anxiety rippled around the world. the United... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822559846
• ISBN13: 9780822559849
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (CT)
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.7" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 12 to 15 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 10