Introduction : space exploration in the Soviet context / James T. Andrews and Asif A. Siddiqi -- The cultural spaces of the Soviet cosmos / Alexei Kojevnikov -- Getting ready for Khrushchev's Sputnik : Russian popular culture and national markers at the dawn of the space age / James T. Andrews -- Cosmic constradictions : popular enthusiasm and secrecy in the Soviet space program / Asif A. Siddiqi -- The human inside a propaganda machine : the public image and professional identity of Soviet Cosmonauts / Slava Gerovitch -- The sincere deceiver : Yuri Gagarin and the search for a higher truth / Andrew Jenks -- Cold War celebrity and the courageous canine scout : the life and times of Soviet space dogs / Amy Nelson -- Cosmic enlightenment : scientific atheism and the Soviet conquest of space/ Victoria Smolkin-Rothrock -- She orbits over the sex barrier : Soviet girls and the Tereshkova moment / Roshanna P. Sylvester -- From the kitchen into orbit : the convergence of human spaceflight and Khrushchev's nascent consumerism / Cathleen S. Lewis -- Cold War theaters : cosmonaut Titov at the Berlin Wall / Heather L. Gumbert.
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Summary
"Into the Cosmos shows us the fascinating interplay of Soviet politics, science, and culture during the Khrushchev era, and how the space program became a binding force between these elements."--Back cover.