On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin surprised the people of the USSR, the USA and the world by becoming the first human in space. His brief orbit of the planet heralded the beginning of a new chapter in the history of mankind and confirmed that space would also be the next front of the cold war. Politically, the race to space and later the moon would be viewed as the struggle between the two world superpowers - on a human level, both cosmonauts and astronauts would face challenges never before faced by humans and tragedies, death and incredible triumphs.
The selected list of titles has something for everyone interested in space from detailed first-hand accounts written by designers and cosmonauts to general histories outlining the idea of space travel to its realization.
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