Salyut - The First Space Station : Triumph and Tragedy. 1st ed. 2008

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by Grujica S. Ivanovich

出版情報:

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Praxis, 2008

著者名:

• Ivanovich, Grujica S.
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シリーズ名:

Space Exploration ;

ISBN:

9780387739731 [0387739734]    

注記:

From Almaz to Salyut -- DOS-1 crews -- Salyut in space -- The drama of the Granites -- Mutiny at the cosmodrome -- Dobrovolskiy, Volkov and Patsayev -- Home in orbit -- Science and conflicts -- The fire -- Drawing away from the station -- Cosmonauts dead on landing -- Farewell -- Thirteen seconds to eternity -- The fall of the Chief Designer -- Memories.
This remarkable book is a unique insight into the people involved in the development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to operate it. It describes the rotation between the crews, analyses the decision to send the back-up crew on Soyuz 11 and recounts the intrigues and difficult relationships between all the personalities involved - politicians, CKBEM managers, designers, generals and cosmonauts. Biographies of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts are published for the first time in English and the longest manned space mission of the time is described before Grujica Ivanovich gives a unique summary of the most tragic day in the Soviet/Russian manned space program. An investigation into the cause of the tragic deaths of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts precedes a description of the post-Salyut era, showing how the legacy of the first space station has survived for decades. The first two chapters provide the history of the first Soviet space station projects Almaz, Soyuz-R, MKS and DOS from 1964 to1970 and cover the

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