The Almanac of Soviet Manned Space Flight is the only single chronological reference of all Soviet manned and unmanned test flights. Chapter 1 - Man into Space: Korabl Sputnik, Vostok, Voskhod and test flights Chapter 2 - The Moon Race: Soyuz, Zond and test flights Chapter 3 - Remnants of the Race: Lunar program tests, Salyut missions Chapter 4 - The Frist Space Stations: Military and Civilian Salyuts, ASTP Chapter 5 - Second Generation Space Stations: Salyut 6 & 7, International crews, Progress, Soyuz-T, Buran tests Chapter 6 - Mars Precursors: Mir missions, Energia & Buran See a sample of Chapter 5 detailing Salyut 7 era missions (~300Kb) All flights from 1960 to 1990 are covered in detail. Each mission is tagged with a spacecraft or space station configuration diagram for easy reference. Space station operations, instruments and experiments run and daily routine are detailed, as are launch and landing times and orbital parameters. 391 pages long, indexed, illustrated, and referenced with sources most readily available in the USA.

The Almanac of Soviet Manned Space Flight has been used in crew training at Zvezdny Gorodok, and for International Space Station design. There will be no second edition.