This is the very first 'inside story' of a key part of the Soviet manned
space programme, detailing the development of Soviet/Russian spacesuits.
The authors, as participants in the programme, provide details of
events, previously unknown in the West, including their technical
development. These space suits were an important part of the many Soviet
firsts in the space race - Yuri Gagarin's flight, Valentina Tereskova,
the first woman in space, the first space walk by Alexei Leonov, and the
first transfer on orbit from one spacecraft to another.
All previous books on Soviet manned space flights focus on the
spacecraft and cosmonaut teams. This book provides a total overview of
the successful Soviet/Russian development of space suits and subsequent
space walks from Vostok to MIR and ISS.