LEADER 04539nam 22007095 450 001 9910254615303321 005 20221004222331.0 010 $a3-319-24163-X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-24163-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000515832 035 $a(EBL)4098335 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001585215 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16264241 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001585215 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14865206 035 $a(PQKB)11500167 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-24163-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4098335 035 $a(PPN)190530804 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000515832 100 $a20151119d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInterkosmos $eThe Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program /$fby Colin Burgess, Bert Vis 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (335 p.) 225 1 $aSpace Exploration 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-319-24161-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. 327 $aHistory and Development of the Interkosmos program -- First to fly: Czechoslovakia?s cosmonaut -- From Poland to Salyut-6 -- Sigmund Jähn and Soyuz-30 -- Bulgaria in space -- Hungary joins the space club. - A Vietnamese cosmonaut. - The Soviet Cuban Salyut mission -- From the steppes of Mongolia. - Romania continues the program -- Beyond Interkosmos. - Soviet-Indian mission. ? A Syrian researcher on Mir. ? Bulgaria?s second flight. ? Afghanistan?s cosmonaut-researcher. ? Chrétien in space again. ? The Interkosmos program. ? Appendices. ? About the authors. ? Index. 330 $aThis book focuses on the Interkosmos program, which was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, in the study and exploration of space. The chapters shed light on the space program that was at that time a prime outlet for the Soviet Union's aims at becoming a world power. Interkosmos was a highly publicized Russian space program that rapidly became a significant propaganda tool for the Soviet Union in the waning years of communism. Billed as an international ?research-cosmonaut? imperative, it was also a high-profile means of displaying solidarity with the nine participating Eastern bloc countries. Those countries contributed pilots who were trained in Moscow for week-long ?guest? missions on orbiting Salyut stations. They did a little subsidiary science and were permitted only the most basic mechanical maneuvers. In this enthralling new book, and following extensive international research, the authors fully explore the background, accomplishments and political legacy of the Interkosmos program. Through personal and often highly revealing interviews with many of the participants they relate the very human story behind this extraordinary but controversial space venture. 410 0$aSpace Exploration 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aAerospace engineering 606 $aAstronautics 606 $aSpace sciences 606 $aHistory 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aAerospace Technology and Astronautics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/T17050 606 $aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22030 606 $aHistory of Science$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/731000 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aAerospace engineering. 615 0$aAstronautics. 615 0$aSpace sciences. 615 0$aHistory. 615 14$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aAerospace Technology and Astronautics. 615 24$aSpace Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a500 700 $aBurgess$b Colin$f1947-$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0761860 702 $aVis$b Bert$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254615303321 996 $aInterkosmos$92523324 997 $aUNINA