02717nam 22004453 450 991059005550332120220928223928.09783031096525(electronic bk.)9783031096518(MiAaPQ)EBC7079648(Au-PeEL)EBL7079648(CKB)24767773100041(PPN)264197429(EXLCZ)992476777310004120220904d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe secrets of Soviet cosmonauts /Maria Rosa MenzioCham :Springer International Publishing AG,2022.©2022.1 online resource (xiii, 219 pages) illustrations (some color)Print version: Menzio, Maria Rosa The Secrets of Soviet Cosmonauts Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783031096518 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 StationThis 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 didn't 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.AstronauticsSoviet UnionHistoryAstronautsSoviet UnionHistoryManned space flightHistoryAstronauticsHistory.AstronautsHistory.Manned space flightHistory.Menzio Maria Rosa721466MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910590055503321The Secrets of Soviet Cosmonauts2908830UNINA