Download Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era, 1961-1965 AudioBook Free
It was a time of bold new technology, historical occasions, and international jousting on the ultimate frontier. But it was also a time of human episode, of occasions less general public but no less remarkable in the lives of those who made the gold age group of space journey happen. These are the occasions and the lives that Into That Silent Sea captures, a booklet that explains to the intimate experiences of the women and men, American and Russian, who made the space contest their own and offered the era its compelling persona. These minutes chronicle a various and riveting cavalcade of real human stories, including a look at Yuri Gagarin's harrowing childhood in war-ravaged Russia and Alan Shepard's solid purchase on the American dream. It also examines the controversial profession of cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, and the impressive have difficulty and ultimate disappointment of her American counterparts. It tries to uncover the truth behind the allegations that shadowed Gus Grissom and Scott Carpenter and then allows the listener to talk about the heart-stopping suspense of Alexei Leonov's near-fatal first spacewalk. Through a large number of interviews and usage of Russian and American formal documents and family records, the creators bring to life the activities that designed the lives of the first astronauts and cosmonauts and permanently evolved their world and ours. The booklet is published by School of Nebraska Press.
