02872nam a22004695i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100020001900118024003500137082001200172082001400184100002900198245013600227264003500363300002100398336002600419337002600445338003600471347002400507490002600531505037200557520100600929650001301935650001801948650001501966650001801981650001301999650001302012650004602025650003402071650004302105650001302148700002402161710003402185773002002219776003602239830002602275856010102301978-0-387-84824-2DE-He21320260521092011.0cr nn 008mamaa100301s2009    xxu|    s    |||| 0|eng d  a9780387848242  a997803878482427 a10.1007/978-0-387-84824-22doi04a52022304a500.52231 aBurgess, Colin.eauthor.14aThe First Soviet Cosmonaut Teamh[electronic resource] :bTheir Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact /cby Colin Burgess, Rex Hall. 1aNew York, NY :bPraxis,c2009.  bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aSpringer Praxis Books0 aSparking the Space Age -- A few good Soviet men -- Russia's future spacemen -- Training days -- Selecting the first cosmonaut -- "Poyekhali": A man in space -- Vostok flights continue -- The "missing" cosmonauts: Rumour and reality -- First woman of space -- A tragedy, and Gagarin's final flight -- Pushing the limits -- Orbits of co-operation and the end of an era.  aThe First Soviet Cosmonaut Team will relate who these men were and offer far more extensive background stories, in addition to those of the more familiar names of early Soviet space explorers from that group. Many previously-unpublished photographs of these "missing" candidates will also be included for the first time in this book. It will be a detailed, but highly readable and balanced account of the history, training and experiences of the first group of twenty cosmonauts of the USSR. A covert recruitment and selection process was set in motion throughout the Soviet military in August 1959, just prior to the naming of America's Mercury astronauts. Those selected were ordered to report for training at a special camp outside of Moscow in the spring of 1960. Just a year later, Senior Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin of the Soviet Air Force (promoted in flight to the rank of major) was launched aboard a Vostok spacecraft and became the first person ever to achieve space flight and orbit the Earth. 0aPHYSICS. 0aASTROPHYSICS. 0aASTRONOMY. 0aASTRONAUTICS. 0aHISTORY.14aPHYSICS.24aEXTRATERRESTRIAL PHYSICS, SPACE SCIENCES.24aPOPULAR SCIENCE IN ASTRONOMY.24aAEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY AND ASTRONAUTICS.24aHISTORY.1 aHall, Rex.eauthor.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer eBooks08iPrinted edition:z9780387848235 0aSpringer Praxis Books40uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84824-2zVer el texto completo en las instalaciones del CICY