Secret Spy Satellites

After an American spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Union, the United States began sending unmanned spy satellites into orbit. But the program was a secret, and for decades America's leaders pretended spy satellites did not exist. Timothy R. Gaffney details the exciting history of the CIA's secret program that took America through the Cold War and the race to reach the Moon. The book includes exciting photos taken by spy satellites and discusses modern spy satellites that can now pick out objects the size of a license plate.