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The Rocket Men

Vostok & Voskhod. The First Soviet Manned Spaceflights

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  • © 2001

Overview

Authors:
  1. Rex Hall

    1. London, United Kingdom

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  2. Shayler David

    1. Halesowen, West Midlands, United Kingdom

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  • This book is the first known work in the west dedicated to revealing the full story of the Vostok series, and our first fledgling steps off our planet
  • Publication planned for April 2001 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Gagarin's historic flight
  • Includes the full story of the men and women who trained for these missions, some of whom never flew

Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)

Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)

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Keywords

  • First spacewalk
  • Soviet politics/history
  • Space Technology
  • Space race

About this book

In The Rocket Men authors Rex Hall and Dave Shayler review this Soviet demonstration of technological progress from both the developmental and operational aspects which were clouded in secrecy and in direct contrast to the high profile American programme.
As the one-man Mercury spacecraft gave way to the two-man series on the American road to the Moon with Apollo, the multi-crewed Voskhod series which followed the single-seat Vostok was expected to compete with the Gemini programme. By developing the experience and techniques required to send cosmonauts to the Moon the series was planned as a stepping stone to the Soyuz and Zond lunar programmes then under development which would race Apollo to the Moon.

Authors and Affiliations

  • London, United Kingdom

    Rex Hall

  • Halesowen, West Midlands, United Kingdom

    Shayler David

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Rocket Men

  • Book Subtitle: Vostok & Voskhod. The First Soviet Manned Spaceflights

  • Authors: Rex Hall, Shayler David

  • Series Title: Springer Praxis Books

  • Publisher: Springer London

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-85233-391-1Published: 10 April 2001

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXII, 326

  • Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK

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