xiii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Contents
At home in orbit -- The birth of Sputnik -- The Nedelin catastrophe -- Man and woman in space -- The Voskhod follies -- Death and disaster -- The moon-race cover-up -- The long climb back -- Secret space cities -- The Salyut-6 breakthrough -- Through the Zero-G barrier -- Things to come