The cosmonaut who couldn't stop smiling : the life and legend of Yuri Gagarin /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jenks, Andrew L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, Ã2012.
Temas:
Gagarin, Yuri Alekseyevich, > 1934-1968.
Astronauts > Soviet Union > Biography.
Astronautes > URSS > Biographies.
Civilization.
Astronauts.
Soviet Union > Civilization.
URSS > Civilisation.
Soviet Union.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Yuri Gagarin and the many faces of modern Russia
  • A victor's congress baby
  • The industrial boys
  • The chief designer
  • The flight that launched a thousand rumors
  • Exegesis
  • Homo sovieticus
  • Sacred lies, profane truths
  • Landscapes of Russianness, 1991-2011.

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