Russia's cosmonauts : inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center
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Russia's cosmonauts : inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center
(Springer-Praxis books in space exploration)
Springer, published in association with Praxis Publishing, c2005
- pbk.
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
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
Table of Contents
The Cosmonaut Training Centre: birth and growth.- Simulators.- Other national and international facilities.- Survival training.- The Cosmonaut Group of the RGNII TsPK.- The Cosmonaut group of RKK Energiya.- Other Soviet and Russian cosmonaut selections.- Cosmonauts selected to fly the Buran Shuttle.- International training.- Joint programmes.- Zvyozdnyy Gorodok - the town.
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