The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact /

• Main Authors: Burgess, Colin. (Author), Hall, Rex. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2009.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Astrophysics.; Astronomy.; Astronautics.; History.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84824-2

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 Many previously-unpublished photographs of these missing candidates will also be included...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Acknowledgements
• Authors Preface
• The Space Race Begins
• A Few Good Soviet Men
• The First Enrollment
• Russias 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.