Evans Escaping the Bonds of Earth

The Fifties and the Sixties
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-387-79094-7
Verlag: Praxis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 494 Seiten

To commemorate the momentous 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering journey into space on 12th April 2011, a series of five books - to be published annually - will explore this half century, decade by decade, to discover how humanity's knowledge of flying, working and living in space has changed. Each volume will focus not only upon the individual missions within 'its' decade, but also upon the key challenges facing human space exploration at specific points within those 50 years: from the simple problems of breathing and eating in space to the challenges of venturing outside in a pressurised spacesuit and locomotion on the Moon.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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Evans, Ben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of Contents
;6
2;Illustrations
;10
3;Author's preface
;13
4;Acknowledgements
;15
5;1 From the East
;16
5.1;CONTRASTS
;16
5.2;VEIL OF SECRECY
;18
5.3;'STAR SAILORS'
;29
5.4;FARMBOY
;31
5.5;"LET'S GO!"
;33
5.6;REACTION
;39
5.7;THE BAY OF PIGS
;42
5.8;A DAY IN ORBIT
;44
5.9;TEACHER'S SON
;47
5.10;SPEACE SICKNESS
;48
5.11;THE WALL RISES
;51
5.12;SPACE DUET
;53
5.13;STARFISH PRIME
;55
5.14;AN IRON MAN AND "A PUZZLE"
;56
5.15;FLYING FALCON, SOARING EAGLE
;58
5.16;OCTOBER CRISIS
;61
5.17;A WOMAN IN SPACE
;64
5.18;THE PERFECT CANDIDATE?
;66
5.19;"ROMANOV AND JULIET"
;68
5.20;RETURN TO EARTH
;71
6;2 Monkeys to Men
;74
6.1;HEROES
;74
6.2;A MAN IN SPACE
;76
6.3;THE COMPETITOR
;84
6.4;DIFFERENT WORLD
;86
6.5;"WE GAVE IT AWAY"
;87
6.6;"LIGHT THIS CANDLE!"
;100
6.7;TO GO TO THE MOON
;110
6.8;GRUFF GUS
;113
6.9;ROOM WITH A (BETTER) VIEW
;115
6.10;"THE FIRST THING I HAD EVER LOST"
;119
6.11;'GAS BAG'
;123
6.12;THE ALL-AMERICAN
;128
6.13;SPY SWAP
;131
6.14;THE BEST ... AT LAST
;132
6.15;AN AMERICAN IN ORBIT
;137
6.16;"LEAVE THE RETRO PACKAGE ON"
;140
6.17;EUPHORIA, DISAPPOINTMENT ... AND A BOSS
;144
6.18;'BLACK-SHOE' CARPENTER
;149
6.19;SCIENCE FLIGHT
;151
6.20;RISE AND FALL OF THE AURORA
;155
6.21;PUSHING THE ENVELOPE
;164
6.22;THE JOKER
;166
6.23;THE SIX CIRCUITS OF SIGMA 7
;169
6.24;FIRE HOSES AND POLICE DOGS
;176
6.25;THE END ...
;178
6.26;HOTSHOT
;182
6.27;LAST MERCURY OUT
;185
7;3 Space Spectaculars
;193
7.1;JOURNEY TO SPACE
;193
7.2;SARDINES
;197
7.3;"THE WORLD'S FIRST PASSENGER SPACESHIP"
;202
7.4;FROM THAW TO STAGNATION
;205
7.5;RISKY ENDEAVOUR
;206
7.6;A WALK OUTSIDE
;211
7.7;NEAR-DISASTER
;215
7.8;DECLINE
;220
8;4 Pushing the Envelope
;224
8.1;MEN WITH MISSIONS
;224
8.2;GROUNDED
;231
8.3;A NEW SPACECRAFT
;233
8.4;ASSASSINATION
;246
8.5;CREWLESS SUCCESSES
;248
8.6;ALL ABOURD THE 'MOLLY BROWN'
;250
8.7;THE ASTRONAUT
;256
8.8;BLOODSHED IN ALABAMA
;258
8.9;CORNED BEEF SANDWICH
;259
8.10;ONWARD, UPWARD ... AND OUTSIDE
;261
8.11;DISCIPLINE, PERSISTENCE, DEDICATION
;266
8.12;FALSE START
;268
8.13;INSIDE MAN
;270
8.14;OUTSIDE MAN
;271
8.15;RECORD BREAKERS
;274
8.16;"HOW MANY BOYS, LBJ?"
;277
8.17;WISEGUY
;279
8.18;"EIGHT DAYS OR BUST"
;281
8.19;CHANGED PLANS
;290
8.20;TWINS?
;297
8.21;THREE HUNDRED HOURS IN SPACE
;301
8.22;LONG HAUL
;302
8.23;"SITTIN' HERE BREATHING"
;306
8.24;FIRECRACKERS, FOOTBALLING AND THE F-86
;308
8.25;RENDEZVOUS!
;310
9;5 Onward and Upward
;317
9.1;TRAGEDY
;317
9.2;DEMISE OF THE DYNA-SOAR
;321
9.3;QUIET CIVILIAN
;325
9.4;FIRST AMONG EQUALS
;327
9.5;TRAINING
;330
9.6;"SMOOTH AS GLASS"
;334
9.7;"TUMBLING END-OVER-END"
;339
9.8;PACIFIC RETURN
;342
9.9;ROCKET ARMCHAIRS AND FIREPROOF PANTS
;347
9.10;THE SUBSTITUTE
;349
9.11;THIRD TIME LUCKY
;351
9.12;THE ANGRY ALLIGATOR
;354
9.13;HELLISH SPACEWALK
;358
9.14;"NOTHING SPECIAL"
;364
9.15;SUCCESS AT LAST
;367
9.16;'ANIMAL'
;376
9.17;'M EQUALS 1"
;378
9.18;HIGH RIDE
;382
9.19;CONQUEST OF THE 'HIGH GROUND'
;390
9.20;DR. RENDEZVOUS
;394
9.21;THE END
;397
10;6 Disaster, Recovery, Triumph
;404
10.1;"FIRE"
;404
10.2;MOONSHIP
;415
10.3;WITCH HUNT
;425
10.4;OUTER SPACE TREATY
;429
10.5;FALL FROM HEAVEN
;430
10.6;SLOW RECOVERY
;441
10.7;MY LAI
;449
10.8;'THE WALLY, WALT AND DONN SHOW'
;450
10.9;WALT AND 'WHATSHISNAME'
;461
10.10;"101 PER CENT SUCCESSFUL"
;462
10.11;SOYUZ RESURGENT
;464
10.12;"NOT A PRIORITY"
;469
10.13;MOONWARD BOUND
;474
10.14;OUTSIDER
;477
10.15;C-PRIME
;478
10.16;SAVED
;490
11;Bibliography
;495
11.1;ARTICLES
;495
11.2;BOOKS
;496
12;Index
;500