David / Vis Russia's Cosmonauts

Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-73975-5
Verlag: Praxis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 386 Seiten

With the aid of unique photographs, first-hand interviews and historical resources, Rex Hall, Dave Shayler and Bert Vis explain, for the very first time, how Russian citizens have been selected and trained to fly in space, and how these procedures have changed during the past 40 years. The authors also describe the evolution of the often overlooked ground support infrastructure and how the role of cosmonauts has changed from the very earliest days of the Gagarin era, through the demise of the Soviet Union, to the era of international co-operation and collaboration on programmes such as the International Space Station.

The book will provide much important background information and insight to the operational Soviet/Russian manned space programme, already covered in other Springer-Praxis titles, but revealing information and facts not covered elsewhere, and providing a unique reference source for all those who wish to understand the changing role of Russian cosmonauts in today’s global space programme.

Autoren/Hrsg.

David, Shayler

Vis, Bert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of Contents;7
2;Foreword;13
3;Author's preface;16
4;Acknowledgements;20
5;List of Illustrations;22
6;Prologue;28
7;The Cosmonaut Training Centre: birth and growth;34
8;Simulators;61
9;Other national and international facilities;104
10;Survival training;122
11;The Cosmonaut Group of the RGNII TsPK;149
12;The Cosmonaut group of RKK Energiya;176
13;Other Soviet and Russian cosmonaut selections;189
14;Cosmonauts selected to fly the Buran Shuttle;212
15;International training;220
16;Joint programmes;277
17;Zvyozdnyy Gorodok - the town;338
18;Appendix 1 - Biographies of Key Personnel;353
19;Appendix 2 - Current Deployment of the Russian CosmonautTeam;361
20;Appendix 3 - The Volga Stratospheric Balloon programme;364
21;Appendix 4 - Soviet/Russian International Manned Space Flights;367
22;Appendix 5: The Full GMVK;372
23;Appendix 6 - The Cosmonaut Team 1960-2005;378
24;Bibliography;398
25;Index;401