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

"'Let's go!' 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-ind...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jenks, Andrew L. (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: DeKalb, IL 2014
Series:NIU series in Slavic, East European, and Eurasian studies.
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv180h6n2