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Who was the First Woman in space? Check History and Facts!

The history of space exploration is filled with pioneering figures, but few are as iconic as Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space. Her historic flight on June 16, 1963, was a monumental ...
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Voices of the Soviet space program : cosmonauts, soldiers, and engineers who took the USSR into space / [edited by] Slava Gerovitch

Introduction: Multiple perspectives on Soviet space history -- Commanding officer Abram Krayzman -- Construction engineer Sergey Safro -- Engine designer Anatoliy Daron -- Guidance engineer Sergei ...
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A Handshake in Orbit 50 Years Ago Transformed the Space Race

The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Soviet cosmonauts and NASA astronauts together in the first international human spaceflight. A 1973 artist’s concept of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, with the ...
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The Soviet space program : the lunar mission years, 1959-1976 / Eugen Reichl

NASMAIN copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full ...