Discussion of vehicle and of flight made Apr 12 1961 by Major Y.A. Gagarin, in which he circled Earth, passing over Siberia, southeast across Pacific Ocean, then across South America, and northeastward over Africa back towards Russia; journey time of 108 min included time spent in climbing up to orbit and descending; maximum speed about 18,000 mph; launching mass of vehicle given as about 450 tons.


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    Titel :

    Soviet space flight facts reconciled


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Engineering


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Engineering ; 191 , n 4957


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1961


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :





    The First Soviet Space Flight Organisations

    Rauschenbach, B. V. / Sokolsky, V. N. / International Astronomical Federation | British Library Conference Proceedings | 1998


    Almanac of Soviet manned space flight

    Newkirk, Dennis | TIBKAT | 1990