Soviet Life – The Man and Space Edition

I found this amazing magazine “Soviet Life” at a second-hand book fair recently, and it totally fascinates me.

It is a joint American & Soviet publication which started in 1956 (and still continues as “Russian Life” .)

This edition is from August 1969 and totally focussed on “Man and Outer Space“.

Left: Photo by Boris Elin at the “Young cosmonauts Club”

As well as some fascinating stories,  interviews! (Neil Armstrong, Vladimi Shatalov, James Lovell, Gherman Titov etc!!) facts and figures –  it also has some really great photography, graphic design and layout - some of which I will share with you here.

Cover Image - Carrier Rocket of the Vostock - Photo by Alexander Moklestov

Exploring the Moon from Baikonur and Cape Kennedy (not attributed)

The Young Cosmanauts - photography by Boris Elin

John Glenn & Gherman Titov at the Lincoln Memorial 1962

Space Stations of the Future (illustration not attributed) Article by Anatoli Andanov & Gennadi Maximov

At Dawn - Carrier rocket of Soyzuz spaceship at the launching pad in Baikonur (Photo not attributed)

The Earth from Outer Space - Photograph not attributed

A second expedition to a strange planet - Illustration by by Andrei Sokolov