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Handbook of Soviet Space-Science Research (1968) provides a comprehensive and authoritative English language summary of Soviet space-science research of the 1960s.

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Part 1. Soviet Rockets, Satellites and Space Probes 1. Vertical Research Rockets G.E. Wukelic and R.A. Duffee 2. Artificial Earth Satellites G.E. Wukelic, R.A. Duffee and R.C. Behn 3. Lunar and Planetary Probes G.E. Wukelic Part 2. Soviet Rocket, Satellite and Space Probe Investigations (Excluding Biomedical Studies) 4. Micrometeorites and Meteoric Dust G.E. Wukelic 5. Chemical Composition of the Upper Atmosphere and Interplanetary Space G.E. Wukelic and R.A. Duffee 6. Optical Phenomena in the Upper Atmosphere G.E. Wukelic 7. Physical Properties of the Upper Atmosphere G.E. Wukelic 8. Magnetic Fields N.A. Frazier 9. Ionospheric Electron Density Studies R.C. Behn 10. Solar and Cosmic Electromagnetic and Charged-Particle Radiations H.H. Guendel 11. Astronomical Investigations Above the Terrestrial Atmosphere N.T. Bobrovnikoff 12. Technical and Scientific Studies Aboard Manned Satellites R.A. Duffee and G.E. Wukelic Part 3. Soviet Biomedical Space Research 13. Physiological Methods and Results R.A. Wright and R.A. Duffee 14. Biological Experimentation: Methods and Results R.A. Duffee and H.T. Kemp Part 4. Soviet Activities Associated with Artificial Earth Satellite Applications 15. Communications Satellites R.C. Behn 16. Satellite Meteorology R.C. Behn and R.A. Duffee 17. Satellite Geodesy A.G. Mourad Part 5. Related Topics 18. Space Tracking in the Soviet Union A.G. Mourad and J.G. Stephan 19. Soviet Attitudes Concerning the Existence of Life in Space N.T. Bobrovnikoff 20. Manned Space-Station Concepts in the USSR G.E. Wukelic and N.T. Bobrovnikoff