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The Cosmonaut Who Couldn't Stop Smiling: The Life and Legend of Yuri Gagarin
The Cosmonaut Who Couldn't Stop Smiling The Life and Legend of Yuri Gagarin
Author: Andrew L. Jenks
?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-industrial complex. Barbed wires, no-entry placards, armed guards, fals...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780875804477
ISBN-10: 0875804470
Publication Date: 5/15/2012
Pages: 318
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Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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