Soviets in Space
eBook - ePub

Soviets in Space

Russia's Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier

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eBook - ePub

Soviets in Space

Russia's Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier

About this book

A beautifully illustrated history of the Soviet Union's leading role in the space race. In this deeply researched chronology, Colin Burgess describes the then Soviet Union's extraordinary success in the pioneering years of space exploration. Within a decade, the Soviets not only launched the world's first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, but they also were the first to send an animal and a human being into Earth orbit. In the years that followed, their groundbreaking missions sent a woman into space, launched a three-man spacecraft, and included the first person to walk in space. Six decades on from the historic spaceflight of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Burgess guides us through the amazing achievements of Russia's spaceflight program through to the present day, introducing the men and women who have flown the missions that drive us to delve ever deeper into the wonders and complexities of the cosmos.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. PROLOGUE
  7. 1 PUPNIKS AND SPUTNIKS
  8. 2 ‘POYEKHALI!’
  9. 3 VOSTOK FLIGHTS CONTINUE
  10. 4 SOVIET SPECTACULARS AND A SPACEWALK
  11. 5 THE TROUBLE WITH SOYUZ
  12. 6 LOSING THE MOON
  13. 7 A TRAGIC SETBACK
  14. 8 DÉTENTE IN ORBIT
  15. 9 SPACE STATION MIR
  16. 10 THE SOYUZ LEGACY
  17. REFERENCES
  18. FURTHER READING
  19. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  20. PHOTO ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  21. INDEX