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Buinovskii, E.I Povsednevnaia Zhizn` Pervykh Raketchikov i Kosmonavtov
[ The Daily life of the first rocketeers and cosmonauts]
Moscow: Molodaia Gvardiia, 2004
311 p. [32 ill.]
Serie: Zhivaia Istoriia: Povsednevnaia Zhizn` Chelovechestva
Hardcover. 12 x 20 cm
ISBN: 5235027493
Language: RussianEduard Buinovskii is one of the first generation of professional rocketeers, a special division of the Russian army (raketnye voiska strategicheskogo naznacheniia). He was trained as a possible member of the team for the second space ship along with Yuri Gagarin. Buianovskii was also a participant in launching the Russian shuttle "Buran". This book is about several generations of Russian rocketeers and cosmonauts, their training and everyday life, their ups and downs, and their jargon, folklore, and jokes.
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