FOR THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF SPUTNIK, THE BEHIND-THE-SCENES STORY OF THE FIERCE BATTLES ON EARTH THAT LAUNCHED THE SUPERPOWERS INTO SPACE
PROLOGUE
1
THE REQUEST
2
JET POWER
3
TRIALS AND ERRORS
4
TOMORROWLAND
5
DESERT FIRES
6
PICTURES IN BLACK AND WHITE
7
A SIMPLE SATELLITE
8
BY THE LIGHT OF A RED MOON
9
SOMETHING FOR THE HOLIDAYS
10
OPERATION CONFIDENCE
11
GOLDSTONE HAS THE BIRD
EPILOGUE
PHOTOGRAPHS
NOTES
Prologue
1: The Request
2: Jet Power
3: Trials and Errors
4: Tomorrowland
5: Desert Fires
6: Pictures in Black and White
7: A Simple Satellite
8: By the Light of a Red Moon
9: Something for the Holidays
10: Operation Confidence
11: Goldstone Has the Bird
Epilogue
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
About the Author
Advance Praise for RED MOON RISING
Also by Matthew Brzezinski
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