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Beyond: The Astonishing Story of the First Human to Leave Our Planet and Journey into Space

by Stephen Walker

09.07 am. April 12, 1961. A top secret rocket site in the USSR. 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

Publisher

Harper

Publication date

Apr 13, 2021

Format

Print edition

Pages

512

ISBN

9780062978158