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| Genre/Form: | Biography |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Colin Burgess; Rex Hall |
| ISBN: | 0387848231 9780387848235 |
| OCLC Number: | 276223888 |
| Description: | xxxviii, 396 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Authors' Preface.- The Space Race Begins.- A Few Good Soviet Men.- The First Enrollment.- Russia's Future Spacemen.- Training Days.- Selecting the First Cosmonaut.- "Poyekhali!": A Man in Space.- Pushing the Limits.- Gagarin, and the End of an Era.- The Missing Cosmonauts and Lost Cosmonauts.- Old Truths Revealed.- A Time for Reflection.- Glossary & Notes, List of Illustrations.- Appendixes.- List of first cosmonauts and other people involved in their selection, training and flights.- The space flights and EVAs etc. accomplished by the first group of cosmonauts.- Brief "Where Are They Now" summaries of the 20.- Other lists as required.- Bibliography and Other References. |
| Series Title: | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration. |
| Responsibility: | Colin Burgess and Rex Hall. |
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From the reviews: "In this book ! Burgess (Australian spaceflight historian) and Hall (British education consultant) provide a wealth of interesting information on the first group of 20 Soviet cosmonauts. ! Like the first American astronauts, the cosmonauts interacted in both a cooperative and competitive manner. ! The book includes many photographs of the cosmonauts in training and in their personal lives, as well as some recent images of the few surviving members from the original group. Summing Up: Recommended. All undergraduate and public libraries." (J. Z. Kiss, Choice, Vol. 46 (10), June, 2009) "This is a much needed reference work on the early history of the Soviet cosmonaut team. The authors have done an exemplary job in putting together a vast amount of information into a coherent volume that will undoubtedly be of great use for future researchers. That the pictures in this volume are of the highest quality only adds to its value." (Asif Siddiqi, Quest, Vol. 18 (4), 2011) Read more...
