EPIC RIVALRY: The Inside Story of the Soviet and American Space Race

NASA was created by the U.S. in 1958 in the aftershock of the Soviet Union's unexpected triumph in the fall of 1957, when it placed Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, into orbit. The authors recount the dramatic story of how NASA responded to the challenges of a race in which the stakes could not have been higher to land the first humans on the moon. 64 pages of photos, most in color.