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The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program


The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program

50 Years After Sputnik, New Frontiers
Springer Praxis Books

von: Brian Harvey

37,44 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 25.11.2007
ISBN/EAN: 9780387713564
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 358

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The rebirth of the Russian space program marks an important event: 50 years since the first Sputnik was launched on 4th October 1957. At that time, few could have imagined the dramatic events that lay head. The Soviet Union achieved all the great firsts in cosmonautics—the first satellite in orbit, the first animal in orbit, the first laboratory in orbit, the first probe to the Moon, the first probe to photograph its far side, the first soft landing on the moon, the first man in space, the first woman in space, the first spacewalk. Except one, the first human landing on the Moon. In 1964, the Soviet Union decided to contest the decision of the United States to put the first person on the Moon. The Soviet Union engaged in that race far too late, with divided organization, and made a gallant but doomed challenge to Apollo. Undaunted, the Soviet Union rebuilt its space program around orbiting stations, building the first one, Salyut, and then the first permanent home in space, Mir. The Soviet Union still achieved many more firsts: the first lunar rover, the first soft landing on Venus, the first soft landing on Mars, the first recovery of samples from the Moon by automatic spacecraft.
Almost the end.- Building the International Space Station.- Scientific and applications programs.- Military programs.- Launchers and engines.- Launch sites.- The design bureaus.- Resurgent—the new projects.
<P>Author of ‘Race into space - the Soviet space programme’ (1988), ‘The new Russian space programme’ (1994), ‘Russia in space - the failed frontier?’ (2001), ‘Two roads into space - the Japanese and Indian space programmes’ (1998), ‘The Chinese space programme - from conception to future capabilities’ (1997), ‘The Chinese space programme - from conception to manned spaceflight’ (2004), ‘Europe’s space programme’ (2003), ‘Two roads to the moon’ (with Dave Shayler)(forthcoming), ‘Russian planetary exploration’ (forthcoming), ‘Latest in space 2007’ (forthcoming), all Praxis titles. Writer on articles on spaceflight for Astronomy Now, Orbit, Spaceflight, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society (JBIS), Space Chronicle, Astronomy &amp; Space, Sunday Press, Quest, Irish Independent. Broadcaster for RTE, BBC (Radio 4, World Service), Canadian Broadcasting.</P>
The definitive book on the current Russian space programme, 50 years after Sputnik A balanced narrative account of the all the past, present and future key elements of the Russian space programme Details manned and unmanned military programmes; launchers, engines, facilities, infrastructure, policy and personalities Provides statistical material on Russian space developments
<P>The current Russian space programme is poorly known to English-speaking readers and there is a popular perception that it has succumbed to economic pressure or even ‘failed’.&nbsp; In fact, Russia maintains an extensive space industry, has built a significant part of the space station and is about to move on to new,&nbsp; exciting projects.</P>

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