Traces the development of the Soviet space program from Sputnik to the Mir space station, and looks at future Soviet plans for the exploration of space

This, fifty years after Sputnik, is the definitive book on the Russian space program. The author covers all the key elements of the current Russian space progra

Information on Soviet manned space flight from the 1960s to 1990 has been compiled in this book. The author used books, journals, and other sources, such as Sov

This remarkable book gives a comprehensive account of the longest manned space mission of the time. It details for the first time the people involved and the cr

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