The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration) - Couverture souple

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Burgess, Colin

 
9780387848235: The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
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ISBN 10 : 0387848231 ISBN 13 : 9780387848235
Editeur : Praxis, 2008

Synopsis

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 Many previously-unpublished photographs of these 'missing' candidates will also be included for the first time in this book.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.

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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 Many previously-unpublished photographs of these 'missing' candidates will also be included for the first time in this book.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.

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Éditeur
Praxis
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0387848231
ISBN 13 
9780387848235
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
436
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