Colin Burgess

(Author)

The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact (2009)Paperback - 2009, 23 December 2008

The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact (2009)
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Part of Series
Space Exploration
Part of Series
Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration
Part of Series
Springer Praxis Books
Print Length
356 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Praxis Publications Inc
Date Published
23 Dec 2008
ISBN-10
0387848231
ISBN-13
9780387848235

Description

The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team will relate who these men were and offer far more extensive background stories, in addition to those of the more familiar names of early Soviet space explorers from that group. Many previously-unpublished photographs of these "missing" candidates will also be included for the first time in this book. It will be a detailed, but highly readable and balanced account of the history, training and experiences of the first group of twenty cosmonauts of the USSR. A covert recruitment and selection process was set in motion throughout the Soviet military in August 1959, just prior to the naming of America's Mercury astronauts. Those selected were ordered to report for training at a special camp outside of Moscow in the spring of 1960. Just a year later, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Air Force (promoted in flight to the rank of major) was launched aboard a Vostok spacecraft and became the first person ever to achieve space flight and orbit the Earth.

Product Details

Authors:
Colin BurgessRex Hall
Book Edition:
2009
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
DE
Date Published:
23 December 2008
Dimensions:
23.88 x 16.76 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
0387848231
ISBN-13:
9780387848235
Language:
English
Location:
New York, NY
Pages:
356
Weight:
861.82 gm

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