Russia's Cosmonauts: Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center

by Bert Vis, Rex D. Hall, Shayler David, et al.

With unique photographs, first-hand interviews and previously untapped historical resources, an expert team of space-historians, for the very first time, how Russian citizens have been selected and trained to fly in space as well as how these procedures have changed during the past 40 years. The authors also describe the evolution of the often overlooked ground support infrastructure and how the role of cosmonauts has changed from the very earliest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387218947
• ISBN13: 9780387218946
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Praxis Publications Inc
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.5"