The Story of Manned Space Stations : An Introduction. 1st ed. 2007

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by Philip Baker

出版情報:

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007

著者名:

• Baker, Philip.
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シリーズ名:

Space Exploration ;

ISBN:

9780387684888 [0387684883]    

注記:

1928–1970: How it all began -- 1971: Salyut 1—Triumph and Disaster -- 1970–1979: Skylab—NASA Dips its Toe -- 1973–1974: Salyut 2 and Salyut 3—Limited Success -- 1974–1977: Salyut 4, 5, and ASTP -- Salyut 6: Space Station Operations Defined -- Salyut 7 and Spacelab -- Mir: For All Mankind? -- Freedom: The U.S. Strikes Back -- Shuttle-Mir: Real co-operation -- The International Space Station...at last -- The Future for Manned Space Stations.
Philip Baker charts the history of manned space stations from the very beginning in a logical, chronological order. He tells the story of the two major space powers starting out on their very separate programs, but slowly coming together through ASTP, Shuttle-Mir, and the ISS, and includes programs that rarely get mentioned - the US Manned Orbiting Laboratory, and the Soviet Almaz station, both military backed projects. The Mir space station was one of the greatest human achievements in modern history, and a thorough telling of its story is essential to this book. During its life it grew and evolved into a truly international outpost, with visitors from all over the world taking advantage of the only permanent space station in orbit at that time. This book will be the only one of its kind to tell the whole story of the manned space stations from both nations, from the very beginning, to the current ISS story, and to the possibilities beyond. Each chapter of this book will contain interviews with many of the p

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