About the book: year / The book was written based on the questions most frequently asked to the author by readers at public meetings and in individual conversations on the topic "Manned Space Flights". Readers were interested : “Why did Yuri Gagarin die, and his daughters privatized his name as a trademark?”, “Why don’t our women fly into space as often as American women?”, “Is it true that Tereshkova and Nikolaev got married on Khrushchev’s orders?” , “What is the difference in flight preparation for astronauts and cosmonauts?” There are only 25 questions and answers in a popular presentation. At the same time, the answers offered by the author enable readers to continue searching and studying other answer options, since the author does not claim to have an exhaustive and final point of view. Moreover. The author is ready to consider new questions from readers and answer them.