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The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program. 50 Years After Sputnik, New Frontiers.
Brian Harvey
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Description for The Rebirth of the Russian Space Program. 50 Years After Sputnik, New Frontiers.
Paperback. This fascinating text is aimed at space enthusiasts, professionals working in the space industry, journalists covering space issues and space historians. Here, fifty years after Sputnik, is the definitive book on this subject. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 384 pages, 150 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 665.
The rebirth of the Russian space program marks an important event: 50 years since the first Sputnik was launched on 4th October 1957. At that time, few could have imagined the dramatic events that lay head. The Soviet Union achieved all the great firsts in cosmonautics—the first satellite in orbit, the first animal in orbit, the first laboratory in orbit, the first probe to the Moon, the first probe to photograph its far side, the first soft landing on the moon, the first man in space, the first woman in space, the first spacewalk. Except one, the first human landing ... Read more
The rebirth of the Russian space program marks an important event: 50 years since the first Sputnik was launched on 4th October 1957. At that time, few could have imagined the dramatic events that lay head. The Soviet Union achieved all the great firsts in cosmonautics—the first satellite in orbit, the first animal in orbit, the first laboratory in orbit, the first probe to the Moon, the first probe to photograph its far side, the first soft landing on the moon, the first man in space, the first woman in space, the first spacewalk. Except one, the first human landing ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration
Number of Pages
358
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387713540
SKU
V9780387713540
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About Brian Harvey
Author of ‘Race into space - the Soviet space programme’ (1988), ‘The new Russian space programme’ (1994), ‘Russia in space - the failed frontier?’ (2001), ‘Two roads into space - the Japanese and Indian space programmes’ (1998), ‘The Chinese space programme - from conception to future capabilities’ (1997), ‘The Chinese space programme - from conception to manned spaceflight’ (2004), ‘Europe’s ... Read more
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