Bibliograph

Beyond, the astonishing story of the first human to leave our planet and journey into space, Stephen Walker

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Beyond, the astonishing story of the first human to leave our planet and journey into space, Stephen Walker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-486) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Beyond

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1244126203

Responsibility statement

Stephen Walker

Sub title

the astonishing story of the first human to leave our planet and journey into space

Summary

"A young Russian sits inside a tiny capsule on top of the Soviet Union's most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile--originally designed to carry a nuclear warhead--and blasts into the skies. His name is Yuri Gagarin. And he is about to make history. Travelling at almost 18,000 miles per hour--ten times faster than a rifle bullet--Gagarin circles the globe in just 106 minutes. From his windows he sees the earth as nobody has before, crossing a sunset and a sunrise, crossing oceans and continents, witnessing its beauty and its fragility. While his launch begins in total secrecy, within hours of his landing he has become a world celebrity--the first human to leave the planet."--, Publisher's description

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