Cosmonauts community. The history of formation and development. Problems. Prospects. 2nd edition, corrected and supplemented. Krichevsky S.V., Ivanova L.V.

The book is devoted to the formation and development of the community of astronauts, uniting all astronauts of the USSR, Russia and other countries. The first edition was published in the URSS publishing house in 2013, and this was the first monograph in Russia and the world dedicated to the study of the Cosmonauts community. In the year of the 60th anniversary of the first flight of man, the second, supplemented and corrected publication is published.

publishes materials of research by the candidate of sociological sciences L.V. Ivanova and Doctor of Philosophical Sciences, candidate of technical sciences, professors S.V. Krichevsky in 2007-2021 At the heart of the work, data on the history of the creation and development of the detachment of cosmonauts of the USSR/Russia in 1960-2021; A significant place is occupied by the results of historical and sociological research, performed in 2010-2012. In connection with the 50th anniversary of the first flight of a person into space. New materials and information on sources and literature 2014-2021 are included.

for specialists in the fields of manned space flights, space activities, history and philosophy of science and technology, sociology, sociocultural and interdisciplinary research, as well as for all who is interested in the history, the present and future profession “Cosmonaut” and the community of astronauts in Russia and the world, the prospects for the development of space by man and humanity.