Vostok 1: First Human in Space (Countdown to Space) [Library Binding]

Michael D. Cole (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1995 | Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up | Series: Countdown to Space

Explains the events in 1961 when Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet a cosmonaut, launched into space.

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Grade 4-6-Cole commemorates three milestones in the history of space exploration. He enriches accounts available in general histories and encyclopedias with well-chosen details-the political reasons for including civilian engineer Gregory Jarvis in the crew of the Challenger; the fact that John Glenn's spacecraft was named by his children; and just what Yuri Gagarin, the first human to view Earth from space, saw from the window of Vostok 1. The author describes technical problems clearly, and turns each mission into a tense tale of danger, courage, and obstacles overcome-or, in Challenger's case, deliberately ignored. The information is backed up by endnotes, supplemented by plenty of small photos (many in color), and includes biographies of the people involved-though Glenn's subsequent career is not mentioned. Gregory Kennedy's First Men in Space (Chelsea, 1991) and books such as James McCarter's The Space Shuttle Disaster (Bookwright, 1988) cover most of the same territory, but Cole's fresh treatments offer an appealing blend of specific information and easy writing.?John Peters, New York Public Library
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Library Binding: 48 pages
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers (June 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894905414
• ISBN-13: 978-0894905414
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,969,852 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The unpublicised hero of the space race., May 23, 2000

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This review is from: Vostok 1: First Human in Space (Countdown to Space) (Library Binding)

No one has reviewed this book. But i bet a Neil Armstrong book has loads of reviews. i'm proud of my country's achievement, in getting a man into space. But come on! Surely it was more important just to get a man in space. I'm glad someone has written a good book on a very brave man, who was doing something unlike anyone else had ever done.