Baykonur / Leninsk / New York City / Paris / Arlington / Oxford / /
Company
TASS / Gabelli / McGraw-Hill / /
Continent
Asia / /
Country
Russia / Soviet Union / Kazakhstan / /
Facility
Kaller’s America Gallery / /
IndustryTerm
coal-mining town / obscure coal-mining towns / launch site / /
NaturalFeature
Syr Darya River / Aral Sea / /
Organization
Ministry of Defense / Contests and Records Board / United Nations / National Aeronautic Association / International Aviation Federation / U.S. association / Space Launching Centre / US-Russian Space Alliance / /
Person
James Oberg / Max Bishop / Vladimir Yastrebov / Kerim A. Kerimov / Maksimov / Ivan Borisenko / Art Greenfield / /
Position
Colonel / official / spy / Bishop / the FAI secretary general / senior officer / cosmonaut / secretary / officer / FAI secretary general / /
Vostok, Gagarin, and the Origin (and Persistence) of the “False Baikonur” Excerpt from Introduction to ‘Star-Crossed Orbits – Inside the US-Russian Space Alliance’, by James Oberg, McGraw-Hill, 2001 [adapted, A