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Space Platform

by Murray Leinster

First published
1965
Reading level
Easy
Price
Free

About the book

"Space Platform" by Murray Leinster is a young adult science fiction novel published in 1953. America races to build an orbital space station that will serve as a waystation for space exploration and prevent atomic war. Young machinist Joe Kenmore must oversee the installation of crucial pilot gyroscopes while battling relentless sabotage from Communist enemies who will stop at nothing—including murder, bombings, and nuclear missiles—to destroy the project before launch.

  • Science fiction, American

Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #25051. Space Platform on Wikipedia.

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