Starman: The Truth Behind the Legend of Yuri Gagarin
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (569 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802779506 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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“An extraordinary and accessible examination of this enormous contribution to space exploration, supported by riveting first-hand anecdotes. The authors base their narrative principally on revelations from a KGB officer, Venymin Ivanovich Russayev, and previous reporting by Yaroslav Golovanov in Pravda. Essential to any air and space collection.” Library Journal (starred)“Well-written, engaging, and brow-raising in many ways.” SpaceCoalition“This excellent narrative will keep you enthralled and give you new perspectives on an old name we'
After seven years at BBC Television, he went into independent production, where many of his films have concentrated on lifting the lid of secrecy within the former Soviet Union.. Piers Bizony is author of the award-winning 2001: Filming the Future a detailed account of the making of Stanley Kubrick's film, The Rivers of Mars: Searching for the Cosmic Origins of Life
Publicly the Soviet hierarchy mourned; privately their sighs of relief were almost audible, and the KGB report into his death remains secret.Entwined with Gagarin's history is that of the breathtaking and highly secretive Russian space program - its technological daring, its triumphs and disasters. Film stars, politicians and pop stars from Europe to Japan, India to the United States vied with each other to shake his hand.Despite this immense fame, almost nothing is known about Gagarin or the exceptional people behind his dramatic space flight. On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in history to leave the Earth's atmosphere and venture into space. His flight aboard a Russian Vostok rocket lasted only 108 minutes, but at the end of it he had become the most famous man in the world. Back on the ground, his smiling face captured the hearts of millions around the globe. In a gripping account, Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony reveal the astonishing world behind the scenes of the first great space spectacular, and how Gagarin's flight came frighteningly close to destruction.. President Kennedy's quest to put an American on the Moon was a direct reaction to Gagarin's achievement--yet before that successful
A troubled, flawed man, but totally honest and decent I had first heard about this book through watching the associated BBC TV program in a short series called "Reputations". It examined the myths and realities behind the personalities of some of the world's best-known figures. The book turns out to be an eye-opening account of a quite ordinary man, fated to be feted the world over for having achieved the world's first (and, indeed, shortest) orbital flight by a human being, only to find himself unable to live the life expe. "A fascinating look at the other side of the space race" according to Karl Janssen. Starman, Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony’s biography of Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, was originally published in 1998 and rereleased in 2011 to capitalize on the 50th anniversary of the first manned flight into space. The book covers Gagarin’s childhood under Nazi occupation during World War II, his cosmonaut training, his historic flight as the first human being to leave the earth’s atmosphere, his triumphant yet troubling tenure as perhaps the most fa. Captivating read about Russia, the KGB and the world's first space traveler. Captivating read about Russian oppression, the KGB and the world's first space traveler. Yuri was an amazing man exhibiting grace, honor and His own human frailties. In many ways just a regular guy.