''Into That Silent Sea: Trailblazers of the Space Era 1961–1965'' is a 2007 non-fiction book by space historians

Francis French Francis French (born 1970) is a book and magazine author from Manchester, England, specialising in space flight history. He is a former director of events for Sally Ride Science, and a director at the San Diego Air & Space Museum. French's sp ...

and Colin Burgess. Drawing on a number of original personal interviews with astronauts, cosmonauts and those who worked closely with them, the book chronicles the American and Russian programs from 1961 onwards, from the first human spaceflight of

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through the Mercury,

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and Voskhod flights, up to the first spacewalk by Alexei Leonov. The book is the first volume in the ''Outward Odyssey'' spaceflight history series by the

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. The space program history continues chronologically in the follow-on book '' In the Shadow of the Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965–1969''. ''Into That Silent Sea'' was named as a finalist for the 2007 Eugene M. Emme Award given by the

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