Aviation Specials  |  Space
It is just 60 short years since the first man to reach space soared high above the flat dustbowl of Kazakhstan. The date was April 12, 1961 and the man’s name was Yuri Gagarin. Within a month an American, too, had rocketed into space.
The next decade would light up the space race as Russia and America surged forward, each seeking to be the ‘first’ and to be the best. Along the way disasters took the lives of American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts, but the pace quickened in the race for the moon. Then in July 1969, Neil Armstrong took his ‘one small step’ and transformed it into a ‘giant leap for mankind’.
This 132-page special is the story of that adventure. It is all here - the intoxication of success, the tears over fallen comrades and the hopes of a generation whose aspirations soared to the stars.
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Aviation Specials Space.