Germany: Springer, Date: 2008. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st Edition. 170mm x 240mm. Still in shrink-wrap. 456pp. 2008. Springer ISBN 0387735852 9780387735856 [AU]

Springer , pp. xxviii + 426 1st Edition . Papeback. New. Springer ISBN 0387735852 9780387735856 [US]

Praxis, Date: 2008-07-07. Paperback. Good. 2008. Praxis ISBN 0387735852 9780387735856 [US]

ISBN10: 0387735852, ISBN13: 9780387735856, [publisher: Springer New York] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This remarkable book is a unique insight into the people involved in the development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to operate it. It describes the rotation between the crews, analyses the decision to send the back-up crew on Soyuz 11 and recounts the intrigues and difficult relationships between all the personalities involved - politicians, CKBEM managers, designers, generals and cosmonauts. Biographies of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts are published for the first time in English and the longest manned space mission of the time is described before Grujica Ivanovich gives a unique summary of the most tragic day in the Soviet/Russian manned space program. An investigation into the cause of the tragic deaths of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts precedes a description of the post-Salyut era, showing how the legacy of the first space station has survived for decades. The first two chapters provide the history of the first Soviet space station projects Almaz, Soyuz-R, MKS and DOS from 1964 to1970 and cover the selection of DOS-1 crews in 1971, their training and crew rotations. Chapter 3 launches the Salyut space station with its first crew to occupy the first space station, while Chapter 4 portrays the drama of the Soyuz 10 mission in April 1971, which failed to dock with Salyut due to a broken docking probe element, culminating a ...
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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Salyut - The First Space Station. ISBN 0387735852 9780387735856 [GB]

ISBN10: 0387735852, ISBN13: 9780387735856, [publisher: Springer New York] Softcover Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - This remarkable book is a unique insight into the people involved in the development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to operate it. It describes the rotation between the crews, analyses the decision to send the back-up crew on Soyuz 11 and recounts the intrigues and difficult relationships between all the personalities involved - politicians, CKBEM managers, designers, generals and cosmonauts. Biographies of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts are published for the first time in English and the longest manned space mission of the time is described before Grujica Ivanovich gives a unique summary of the most tragic day in the Soviet/Russian manned space program. An investigation into the cause of the tragic deaths of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts precedes a description of the post-Salyut era, showing how the legacy of the first space station has survived for decades. The first two chapters provide the history of the first Soviet space station projects Almaz, Soyuz-R, MKS and DOS from 1964 to1970 and cover the selection of DOS-1 crews in 1971, their training and crew rotations. Chapter 3 launches the Salyut space station with its first crew to occupy the first space station, while Chapter 4 portrays the drama of the Soyuz 10 mission in April 1971, which failed to dock with Salyut due to a broken docking probe element, culminating a ...
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Springer Verlag, Date: 2008. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 300 pages. 9.75x6.75x1.25 inches. 2008. Springer Verlag ISBN 0387735852 9780387735856 [GB]

Springer, Date: 2008. 1st. Paperback. New/New. 2008. Springer ISBN 0387735852 9780387735856 [IN]

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Springer 2008 PAPERBACK New P xxviii + 426 1st Edition.