Overview
Complete with photographs and drawings from Russia's Rocket & Space Corporation Energia, this Pocket Space Guide, #8 in the series, is a condensed history of the Russian Space Program from 1946 to the present day. Fifteen years after the founding of the program, in April 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly in space, and the race was on. Fabulous spacecraft photos and facts illustrate and authenticate this authoritative history.
Synopsis
Archival photographs and drawings from Energia, Russia's original space agency, are used to illustrate this informative condensed history of the Russian space program, including its founding in 1946, the Soviet-American space race, and present day concerns over the future existence of the Russian space program.