The Rocket Men: Vostok & Voskhod. the First Soviet Manned Spaceflights

by David J. Shayler and Rex D. Hall

In The Rocket Men authors Rex Hall and Dave Shayler review this Soviet demonstration of technological progress from both the developmental and operational aspects which were clouded in secrecy and in direct contrast to the high profile American programme.
As the one-man Mercury spacecraft gave way to the two-man series on the American road to the Moon with Apollo, the multi-crewed Voskhod series which followed the single-seat Vostok was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 185233391X
• ISBN13: 9781852333911
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.4"