Buch, Englisch, 494 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 867 g
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
The Fifties and the Sixties
Buch, Englisch, 494 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 242 mm, Gewicht: 867 g
Reihe: Springer Praxis Books
ISBN: 978-0-387-79093-0
Verlag: Springer
The first volume of this series will focus upon the 1960s, exploring each mission from April 1961 to April 1971 in depth: from the pioneering Vostok flights to the establishment of the first Salyut space station and from Alan Shepard’s modest sub-orbital ‘hop’ into space to his triumphant arrival at the Moon’s Fra Mauro foothills almost a decade later.
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Preface.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- From the East - The Vostok missions.- Monkeys to Men - The Mercury missions.- Space Spectaculars - The twin Voskhod missions.- Pushing the Envelope - The Gemini missions.- Disaster and Revival - The Soyuz 1 and Apollo 1 tragedies and aftermath.- To the Moon - The United States’ drive for the Moon, up to Apollo 14.- At Home in Space - Soviet direction changes from lunar exploration to long-term space stations.- Epilogue The progress of the human space program in the 1960s.