Living Through The Space Age

£5.00

H. Couper, N. Henbest. (1992), JBIS, 45, pp.466-468

Refcode: 1992.45.466

Abstract:

HC: Was it “Dawn of the Space Age?” Or “Russians in Space?” I can’t remember the exact wording of the newspaper headlines – after all, I had only just turned eight, but the message was clear. The Russians had scooped the world by launching a beachball-sized satellite that was circling our planet every 90 minutes. It was out there, in space.