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Soviet Space Program

books.gif Caidin, Martin. Red Star in Space. Crowell-Color Press, 1963.

books.gif Clark, Phillip. The Soviet Manned Space Program: An Illustrated History of the Men, the Missions, and the Spacecraft. New York: Orion Books, 1988. 192 p. ISBN: 051756954X. $24.95.

Harford, James. Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon. New York: Wiley, 1997. 432 p. ISBN: 0471148539. $30.

books.gif Hart, Douglas. The Encyclopedia of Soviet Spacecraft. New York: Exeter Books, 1987. 191 p. ISBN: 0671089323. $?.

books.gif Hooper, Gordon O. The Cosmonauts 1977. Published privately by Gordon O. Hooper, 1977. Typewritten pamphlet containing several-paragraph summaries of all Soviet cosmonauts who flew prior to 1977.

Hooper, Gordon. The Soviet Cosmonaut Team. Woodbridge, Suffolk, England: GRH Publications, 1986. ISBN: 0951131230. $55.

Humble, R. The Soviet Space Programme. New York: Routledge, 1988. Deals almost exclusively with the military aspects of the Soviet space program (reconnaissance satellites, orbital weapons, ASAT), but also has a good chapter on Soviet boosters. ISBN: 041502109X. $?.

Johnson, Nicholas L. Soviet Military Strategy in Space. London: Jane's Publishing, 1987. 287 p. $34.95.

Johnson, Nicholas L. Soviet Space Programs 1980-1985. San Diego: Univelt, 1987. A compendium of five years' worth of ``The Soviet Year in Space.''Describes every significant launch in a highly organized format. Also contains a complete table of Soviet launches for 1980-1985. ISBN: 0877032661. $?.

books.gif Johnson, Nicholas L. The Soviet Year in Space, 1988. Colorado Springs: Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1988, 1989, 1990.

books.gif Johnson, Nicholas L. Handbook of Soviet Lunar and Planetary Exploration. San Diego: Univelt, 1979. Excellent chronicle of soviet planetary exploration through 1979. Well organized, with summary tables and an exhaustive bibliography. ISBN: 0877031150. $60.

books.gif Johnson, Nicholas L. Handbook of Soviet Manned Space Flight. San Diego: Univelt, 1980. Excellent chronicle of soviet manned spaceflight through 1979. Well organized, with summary tables and an exhaustive bibliography. ISBN: 0877031150. $60.

books.gif Klaes, Larry. ``The Rocky Soviet Road to Mars.''Spaceflight, Vol. 32, August 1990, p. 273-282. Excellent and concise history of the Soviet exploration of Mars. Both successful and unpublicized unsuccessful missions are included, as well as a little detail on parallel American exploration. Beware of the reversed columns one and two on page 276!

Krieger, F.J. Behind the Sputniks. Public Affairs Press, 1958. ISBN: 081830152X. $12.

Johnson, Nicholas L. The Soviet Reach for the Moon: The L-1 and L-3 Manned Lunar Programs and the Story of the N-1 `Moon Rocket'. Washington, DC: Cosmos Books, 1994. ISBN: 1885609027. $29.95.

Lebedev, Lev; Aleksandrovich, Lykyanou; and Romanov, A. Sons of the Blue Planet. New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Company, 1973. 327 p.

Ley, Willy. Russia's Rockets and Missiles with an Introduction by W.... 1960.

Matson, Wayne R. Cosmonautics: A Colorful History. Washington, DC: Cosmos Books, 1994. 212 p. ISBN: 1885609019. $49.95.

Newkirk, Dennis. Almanac of Soviet Manned Space Flight: A Revealing Launch-by-Launch History of the Red Star in Orbit. Houston, TX: Gulf Publishing Co., 1990. 391 p. A complete account of every Soviet manned and man-related space launch. All unnamed development missions are examined, including SS-2 booster, Sputniks, and Vostoks. $29.95.

books.gif Oberg, James E. Red Star in Orbit. New York: Random House, 1981. 272 p. $?.

Oberg, James E. Uncovering Soviet Disasters: Exploring the Limits of Glasnost. New York: Random House, 1988. 317 p. PN 5277 .D58 O12. $?.

books.gif Sagdeev, Roald Z. ``Soviet Space Science.'' Physics Today, May 1988, p. 30-38. Discussed planned soviet unmanned scientific spacecraft planned for the late 1980s and through the beginning of the 21st century. Includes a fairly detailed section on the Phobos probes.

books.gif Shelton, William. Soviet Space Exploration: The First Decade. New York: Washington Square Press, 1968. 339 p. $?.


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