âPIONEERS OF SPACEâ IS A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTARY ESSAYS WRITTEN BY. COSMONAUTS, SCIENTISTS AND JOURNALISTS ABOUT THE ORGANISATION OF THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAMME. OFFERS INFORMATION ABOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COSMONAUT TRAINING CENTRE, THE DIFFICULTIES THAT SOVIET SCIENTISTS, ENGINEERS, PHYSICIANS AND RESEARCHERS FACED IN PREPARING FOR THE FIRST SPACE LAUNCH, AND DESCRIBES THE CHARACTER OF THE WORLDâS FIRST COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN. THE BOOK SHOWS THE PEACEFUL NATURE OF THE SOVIET SPACE PROGRAMME AND DISCUSSES EXCITING MYSTERIES OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE POSSIBILITY OF THE EXISTENCE.