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The Greatest Adventure
A History of Human Space Exploration
Series: Kosmos
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The Greatest Adventure
A history of space exploration, from the 1960s space race to the present day.
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The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the 20th century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery, and exploration, as astronauts and cosmonauts were launched on space missions of increasing length, complexity, and danger.
The Greatest Adventure traces the events of this extraordinary period, describing the initial string of Soviet achievements: the first satellite in orbit; the first animal, man, and woman in space; the first spacewalk; as well as the ultimate US victory in the race to land on the moon.
The book then takes the reader on a journey through the following decades of space exploration to the present time, detailing the many successes, tragedies, risks, and rewards of space exploration.
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The Greatest Adventure by Colin Burgess is praised as a captivating and insightful chronicle of humankind's initial explorations into outer space, from early missions to the first steps on the Moon. The book is described as engaging and highlights how these milestones were just the beginning of humanity's ventures into the cosmos.
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ISBN: 9781789144604
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 12 July 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Reaktion Books
Illustration: 138 illustrations
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 234.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 368
About the Author
Colin Burgess is author or editor of almost 40 books on the military and spaceflight, including Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America's First Astronauts (2011). He lives in Sydney, Australia.
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