20 Important Historical Firsts Achieved by the Soviet Space Program

20 Important Historical Firsts Achieved by the Soviet Space Program

Steve - March 3, 2019

Where do we find this stuff? Here are our sources:

“Rockets and People: Creating a Rocket Industry”, Boris Chertok, U.S. Government Printing Office (2006)

“Sputnik: The Shock of the Century”, Paul Dickson, Walker & Co (2007)

“Eisenhower’s Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World Prestige”, Yanek Mieczkowski, Cornell University Press (2013)

“Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge”, Asif A. Siddiqi, The University of Florida Press (2003)

“The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity”, David Darling, John Wiley & Sons (2003)

“Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration”, Brian Harvey, Springer Publishing (2006)

“Russian Space Probes: Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions”, Brian Harvey, Springer Publishing (2011)

“The Soviet Space Race with Apollo”, Asif A, Siddiqi, The University of Florida Press (2003)

“Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon”, James J. Harford, John Wiley & Sons (1997)

“The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives, Legacy, and Historical Impact”, Colin Burgess and Rex Hall, Praxis (2008)

“The Rocket Men: Vostok & Voskhod, The First Soviet Manned Spaceflights”, Rex Hall and David Shayler, Springer Publishing (May 18, 2001)

“Russia in Space: The Failed Frontier?”, Brian Harvey, Springer-Praxis Books (2001)

“Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965”, Francis French and Colin Burgess, University of Nebraska Press (2007)

“Space for Women: A History of Women With the Right Stuff”, Pamela Freni, Seven Locks Press (2002)

“Manned Spacecraft”, Kenneth Gatland, Macmillan Publishing (1976)

“The Right Stuff”, Tom Wolfe, Bantam Books (1979)

“Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974”, Asif A. Siddiqi, NASA (2011)

“The Rocket Men: Vostok and Voskhod, the First Soviet Manned Spaceflights”, Rex Hall and David J. Shayler, Springer Books (2001)

“The Nightmare of Voskhod 2”, Alexei Leonov, Air and Space Magazine (January 1, 2005)

“1966: Soviets Land Probe on Moon”, BBC (February 3, 1966)

“Is My Hair Grey”: The Story of Soyuz 4 and 5 (Part 2)”, Ben Evans, AmericaSpace (January 5, 2014)

“Lunokhod 1: 1st Successful Lunar Rover”, Elizabeth Howell, Space.com (December 19, 2016)

“Lost and Found: Soviet Lunar Rover”, Irene Klotz, Seeker (April 27, 2010)

“The Story of Manned Space Stations: An Introduction”, Philip Baker, Springer-Praxis Books (2007)

“Salyut – The First Space Station: Triumph and Tragedy”, Grujica S. Ivanovich, Springer-Praxis Books (2008)

“Deke! U.S. Manned Space: From Mercury to the Shuttle”, Donald Slayton and Michael Cassutt, Forge Publishing (1994)

“The Partnership: A History of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project”, Edward Clinton Ezell and Linda Neuman Ezell, NASA History Series (1978)

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