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Index
Foreword by Alexei Leonov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Authors' preface . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . xvii About the authors .. . ... . . .. . ... . . .. . ... . . .. . ... . . .. . . .. xxv Acknowledgements . . . ... . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . xxix List of figures . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxxi List of abbreviations and acronyms . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . xxxvii Sparking the Space Age "One small ball in the air" A spectacular failure References . ... . ... .... . .. . .... . ... .... . ... . . .. . .. . 11 2 A few good Soviet men . . Developing the launch vehicle "We need many more" Seeking out the finest Cosmonaut candidates Only the best would go through An ever-shrinking list Some would make it, some not Yevgeny Karpov .. .. ........ ....... .. ... .. .. .... 23 References 3 Russia's future spacemen . . .. . ... . ... . ... .. . . . ... . ... . .. 27 Finding a suitable site . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Ivan Anikeyev ............ Pavel Belyayev ............ Valentin Bondarenko . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Valery Bykovsky ............ Valentin Filatyev ............ Yuri Gagarin . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . ... . .. . . .. . . .. . 41 Viktor Gorbatko Anatoli Kartashov ........... Yevgeny Khrunov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vladimir Komarov . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . 52 Alexei Leonov ............ Grigori Nelyubov . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrian Nikolayev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Pavel Popovich Mars Rafikov ............ Georgi Shonin ............ Gherman Titov ............ Valentin Varlamov ........... Boris Volynov . ... . . ... ... . . .. . .... . . . . . .. . . . . . . 71 Dmitri Zaikin ............ 4 Training days . .. . .. . . . . . ... . . . . . .... .. . . .... . .. . . .. 77 Wife of a cosmonaut Later arrivals Apartments at last ............ Weightless training ............ A life-changing injury ............ The doctors decide ... . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . 101 The training programme . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . ... . . . . . .. 102
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