Bonjour Cosmos !

Valentina Terechkova, Valeri Bykovski (co-author), Youri Gagarine (pref.)
Translated from the Russian (translator uncredited)
Year1963
PublisherLes Éditeurs Français Réunis
PlaceParis
LanguageFR
Pages78
Rating★★☆☆☆ (2/5)
AudienceGeneral, Youth
LevelBeginner
Keywords
space travelspace racespace biologyVostok Programmecosmonaut memoirs
ThemesSoviet Cosmonautics, Human Spaceflight

A collection of unpublished testimonies translated from the Russian, bringing together a preface by Yuri Gagarin ("The Conquest of Space Continues!"), an autobiographical account by Valentina Tereshkova ("The Girl from Greeves Street"), and one by Valeri Bykovsky ("3,300,000 kilometres in the Cosmos"). Tereshkova traces her path from textile worker and parachutist to her historic flight aboard Vostok 6 (16–19 June 1963); Bykovsky describes his five-day mission aboard Vostok 5 (14–19 June 1963), then the longest solo spaceflight on record. The volume includes a timeline of crewed spaceflights from 1961 to 1963 and a photographic insert.

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Published barely two months after the twin Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 flights in the summer of 1963, this slim volume brings together the testimonies of Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, and Valeri Bykovsky, record-holder for the longest solo spaceflight, framed by a preface by Yuri Gagarin. The aim is …