LEADER 03658nam 22006255 450 001 9910857782903321 005 20240705132740.0 010 $a3-031-54760-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-54760-7 035 $a(CKB)31999334200041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31340375 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31340375 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31326921 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31326921 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-54760-7 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931999334200041 100 $a20240508d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRed Moon $eThe Soviet Conquest of Space /$fby Massimo Capaccioli 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (207 pages) 225 1 $aPopular Astronomy,$x2626-8779 311 $a3-031-54759-4 327 $aBallad of the Moon Moon -- The Dawn -- An Introverted Genius -- The Nibelung Saga -- The Unnamed -- Dog?s Heart -- The Red Icarus -- Flag of the Soviets, Lead us to Victory -- The Swan Song -- Fly Me to The Moon. 330 $aThe book is about the ?space race?, starting from the earliest steps of astronautics to the Moon landings of Armstrong and Aldrin. The conquest of space began as a by-product of an exquisitely military project, the rapid, and efficient delivery of explosives, conventional and then nuclear, over great distances into enemy territory. It happened at the turn of World War II, first with the V2s, the Wunderwaffen that von Braun had created for his Führer, and, after the surrender of Germany and Japan, with the intercontinental ballistic missiles that the Russians and Americans built to serve as cabs for atomic bombs. Restrained by the fear of nuclear holocaust, the two great powers that had momentarily divided the government of the world turned the risky muscular confrontation into an unusual race to climb the sky: a stage race with a conventional finish line marked by the human landing on the Moon. Under the constant guidance of Sergei Korolev, the mysterious ?chief designer?, the Soviets got off to a surprise start and stayed in the lead until almost the end, with the Sputniks, the orbital flights of Gagarin and Tereshkova, the first spacewalk, and the unmanned soft landings on the Moon and Venus, only to be caught up and overtaken by the Americans at the very edge. An adventure that lasted a total of twelve years, marked by brilliant and courageous men, by astute and far-sighted politicians, by patriotism and ambition, and, as always, regulated by luck, which profoundly affected our world and the design of its future. 410 0$aPopular Astronomy,$x2626-8779 606 $aAstronautics 606 $aPhysicists$xBiography 606 $aAstronomers$xBiography 606 $aPhysics$xHistory 606 $aSpace Exploration and Astronautics 606 $aBiographies of Physicists and Astronomers 606 $aHistory of Physics and Astronomy 607 $aOuter space$xExploration 615 0$aAstronautics. 615 0$aPhysicists$xBiography. 615 0$aAstronomers$xBiography. 615 0$aPhysics$xHistory. 615 14$aSpace Exploration and Astronautics. 615 24$aBiographies of Physicists and Astronomers. 615 24$aHistory of Physics and Astronomy. 676 $a629.4 700 $aCapaccioli$b Massimo$0288713 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910857782903321 996 $aRed Moon$94161679 997 $aUNINA