Greatest Adventure - A History of Human Space Exploration

The Greatest Adventure explores the past, present, and future of the space race.

The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the twentieth 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.

About the author

Colin Burgess is the author or editor of almost forty books on the military and spaceflight, including Selecting the Mercury Seven: The Search for America’s First Astronauts (2011) and The Greatest Adventure: A History of Human Space Exploration (Reaktion, 2021).

Summary

A history of space exploration, from the 1960s space race to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Colin Burgess
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781789144604
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-460-4
• No. of pages: 368
• Series: Kosmos
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; History: specific events & topics, popular science, SCIENCE / History, SCIENCE / General, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, History of engineering and technology, History: specific events and topics, History of engineering & technology, Popular astronomy & space, Popular astronomy and space, SCIENCE / Space Science / General