Yevgeny Khrunov

An early Russian cosmonaut, Khrunov was part of the crew of the first manned docking with another manned spacecraft in orbit. Aboard Soyuz 5, Khrunov and two other cosmonauts docked with Soyuz 4, manned by one cosmonaut. Khrunov and cosmonaut Aleksei Yeliseyev then spacewalked and boarded Soyuz 4, and landed safely. Khrunov died recently at age 67; the date and circumstances were not announced. From This is True for 21 May 2000 Suggestions for further reading: Selling Peace: Inside the Soviet Conspiracy that Transformed the U.S. Space P... by Jeffrey Manber Amazon Price: $19.11 Customer Review: Fascinating and often humorous tale, written by a friend, of the landmark effort to truly commercialize the Russian space program, and NASA's misguided efforts to thwart it. It was ultimately unsuccessful in most ways, but the market principles will ...   SOVIET MANNED SPACE PROGRAM by Phillip Clark Amazon Price: Customer Review: Please do not consider the review by the Library Journal too informative. While Mr. Oberg is a fair observer of the Soviet program he is more of a discursive writer. This book is loaded with important factual material put together in a good time-line...   Russia's space hoax;: Documented proof that the Soviet space program has been... by Lloyd Mallan Amazon Price:   Soviet Space Programs: Organization, Plans, Goals, and International Implicat... by United States Senate Committee on aeronautical and Space Sciences Amazon Price:   Soviet Space Programs: 1981-87 Piloted Space Activities, Launch Vehicles, Lau... Amazon Price:   Newsfeed display by CaRP

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