Table of Contents
Foreword
Sputnik Night: October 4–5, 1957
Korolev and Freedom of Space: February 14, 1955–October 4, 1957
One Small Ball in the Air: October 4, 1957–November 3, 1957
The Birth of NASA: November 3, 1957–October 1, 1958
Denouement—NASA's First Eighteen Months:
October 1, 1958–December 20, 1960
Notes
Key Events
Documents
Credits
About the Cover:
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dapted from "Fantasy of light," acrylic by Andreas Nottebohm. Courtesy
of the NASA Art Program,
no. 93-HC-20.
