Russia's Cosmonauts: Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center (Research Reports in Physics, #322) (Space Exploration) (Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration)

by Rex D. Hall, Shayler David, and Bert Vis

There is no competition since this is the first book in the English language on cosmonaut selection and training

Offers a unique and original discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight.

Contains original interviews and photographs with first-hand information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City

Provides an insight to the role of cosmonauts in the global space programme of the future.

Reviews the training both of Russian cosmonauts in other countries and of foreign cosmonauts in Star City

• ISBN13: 9780387218946
• Publish Date: 14 November 2005 (first published 1 January 2005)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Edition: 2005 ed.
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 386
• Language: English