Russia’s Cosmonauts Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center /

• Main Authors: Hall, Rex D. (Author), Shayler, David J. (Author), Vis, Bert (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2005.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Popular works.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science, general.; Popular Science in Astronomy.

With the aid of unique photographs, first-hand interviews and historical resources, Rex Hall, Dave Shayler and Bert Vis explain, for the very first time, how Russian citizens have been selected and trained to fly in space, and how these procedures have changed during the past 40 years. The authors a...