The secrets of Soviet cosmonauts / Maria Roa Menzio.
2022
TL789.8.S65
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Title
The secrets of Soviet cosmonauts / Maria Roa Menzio.
Author
Menzio, Maria Rosa, author.
ISBN
9783031096525 (electronic bk.)
3031096525 (electronic bk.)
9783031096518
3031096517
3031096525 (electronic bk.)
9783031096518
3031096517
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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10.1007/978-3-031-09652-5 doi
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TL789.8.S65
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.40947
Summary
This book sheds new light on an amazing history, only partially known in the west: Russian cosmonautics and its spectacular record. From Laika, the cosmonaut dog, to Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, to Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, to the first spacewalk, the Soviets set many goals that they subsequently achieved. But there are shadows behind these headline moments, moments involving human loss, some of which are known, others only rumored. Questions remain, such as: What was the "flying coffin?" What secrets are still hidden inside the Russian archives, despite two rounds of declassification? Why didnt Marina Popovich "Madame Mig" become a cosmonaut? What problems made it necessary to film Valentina Tereshkova's return? What (scientific) hypotheses exist concerning Gagarin's mysterious disappearance? The author addresses all of these issues, with help from the documents now available. This book will benefit a broad readership, from interested laypersons to graduate and undergraduate students to those who merely enjoy good history-based stories.
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SECRETS OF SOVIET COSMONAUTS.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: From the Beginning to 1960
Chapter 2: Juri Alekseevic Gagarin: Prince of the Cosmos
Chapter 3: Cosmonauts Without Flying (broken promises) Astronauts are ordinary people who do extraordinary things. (Sandra Bullock)
Chapter 4: Valentina Tereskhova, the Worker who Went into Space
Chapter 5: From Aleksey Leonov to the Space Station.
Chapter 2: Juri Alekseevic Gagarin: Prince of the Cosmos
Chapter 3: Cosmonauts Without Flying (broken promises) Astronauts are ordinary people who do extraordinary things. (Sandra Bullock)
Chapter 4: Valentina Tereskhova, the Worker who Went into Space
Chapter 5: From Aleksey Leonov to the Space Station.