9 - Triumphs

Frontier of Infinity: A Space Exploration Podcast

This week, we reach a major milestone: Yuri Gagarin takes flight on Vostok 1. We ride along on his historic mission while the Americans likewise make strides toward placing a human being in space.
Twitter: @FOISpacecast
Music: "Crossing the Universe" by Esther Garcia
Sources and Further Research:
Books-
"Korolev: How One Man Masterminded the Soviet Drive to Beat America to the Moon" by James Harford
"Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space" by Deborah Cadbury
"The Soviet Manned Space Program" by Phillip Clark