Russia in Space: The Failed Frontier?. Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Seitenzahl:

330

Gewicht:

721 g

Erschienen bei:

Springer Verlag GmbH

Kurzbeschreibung

This comprehensive history of the Russian Soviet space programme, from its origins to the present, addresses the technical, political, historical, human and organisational issues and provides a balanced focus on manned and unmanned programmes. It is the first book to access the Russian space programme over the ten-year period since the fall of communism and provide an historical and contemporary treatment. TOC:Beginnings.- Sputnik.- Gagarin.- Race to the Moon.- Space Stations.- The Moon and the Planets.- Behind the Scenes.- Russia's Space Shuttle.- The Enduring achievement of MIR.- 2001 The Space Station.- The Russian Space programme in the 21st Century.

Beschreibung

This comprehensive history of the Russian Soviet space programme, from its origins to the present, addresses the technical, political, historical, human and organisational issues and provides a balanced focus on manned and unmanned programmes. It is the first book to access the Russian space programme over the ten-year period since the fall of communism and provide an historical and contemporary treatment.

Mehr über...

Mehr über:  Science, Raumfahrt, Sowjetunion, Russland /Technik, Rußland, Planets, Moon, Cosmonouts, Spaceflight, Aeronautics & Astronautics, Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union

Mehr von: 

Mehr von:  Brian Harvey, Springer Verlag GmbH