The Cosmonaut Who Couldn't Stop Smiling The Life and Legend of Yuri Gagarin |
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| Author:
| Jenks, Andrew L. |
| Series title: | NIU Series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60909-052-4 |
| Publication Date: | May 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cornell University Press
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| Imprint: | Northern Illinois University Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $35.00 |
Book Description:
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\u201cLet's go!\u201d With that, the boyish, grinning Yuri Gagarin launched into space on April 12, 1961, becoming the first human being to exit Earth's orbit. The twenty-seven-year-old lieutenant colonel departed for the stars from within the shadowy world of the Soviet military-industrial complex. Barbed wires, no-entry placards, armed...
\u201cLet's go!\u201d With that, the boyish, grinning Yuri Gagarin launched into space on April 12, 1961, becoming the first human being to exit Earth's orbit. The twenty-seven-year-old lieutenant colonel departed for the stars from within the shadowy world of the Soviet military-industrial complex. Barbed wires, no-entry placards, armed...