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Language: en
Pages: 296
Pages: 296
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-24 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
From the start, the Soviet human space program had an identity crisis. Were cosmonauts heroic pilots steering their craft through the dangers of space, or were
Language: en
Pages: 305
Pages: 305
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-16 - Publisher: Springer
In this remarkable oral history, Slava Gerovitch presents interviews with the men and women who witnessed Soviet space efforts firsthand. Rather than comprising
Language: en
Pages: 346
Pages: 346
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011 - Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Pre
The launch of the Sputnik satellite in October 1957 changed the course of human history. In the span of a few years, Soviets sent the first animal into space, t
Language: en
Pages: 453
Pages: 453
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-06-28 - Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Soviet Robots in the Solar System provides a history of the Soviet robotic lunar and planetary exploration program from its inception, with the attempted launch
Language: en
Pages: 184
Pages: 184
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: London [England] : Routledge
This book presents a comprehensive overview of the programme from its beginnings up to the present, emphasising in particular the degree to which the Soviet spa