Vostok 1 Yuri Gagarin and the First Human Orbit
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
14.09.2026
Verlag
Independently PublishedSeitenzahl
104
Maße (L/B/H)
22,9/15,2/0,6 cm
Gewicht
152 g
Sprache
Englisch
EAN
9798174220089
The first human orbit lasted just 108 minutes, yet it changed the scale of human possibility forever. Behind that flight stood years of secret testing, engineering compromises, political pressure, personal discipline, and decisions made with no previous human orbital experience to rely on.
Vostok 1: Yuri Gagarin and the First Human Orbit takes the reader inside the mission that opened the era of human spaceflight. Written in the authoritative, technically informed style of aerospace engineer and historian Bob Martin, it combines mission narrative, engineering, firsthand recollections, and lesser-known details into a clear and immersive account.
Inside, you will discover:
- How the Soviet Union built the Vostok system, from the R-7 launch vehicle and spherical descent module to automation, life support, tracking, and reentry
- How Yuri Gagarin was selected and prepared, including the first cosmonaut group, Gherman Titov, training culture, medical testing, and the human factors behind the final choice
- What actually happened during the flight, from the launch at Baikonur and Gagarin's orbital communications to retrofire, module separation, ballistic reentry, ejection, and landing
- The details often left out of simplified retellings, including preflight problems, hidden procedures, Soviet secrecy, record-certification issues, and what later evidence revealed about the mission
The result is a mission-centered history built for readers who want more than the familiar headline. You will understand how Vostok 1 worked, why its design choices mattered, what Gagarin and the teams around him faced, and how one short orbit permanently changed aerospace history.
For spaceflight enthusiasts, engineers, aviation-history readers, collectors, and anyone fascinated by the early space race, Vostok 1 offers a deeper view of the flight that carried humanity into orbit.
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