LEADER 03704nam 2200637Ia 450 001 9910438117703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9781461454595 010 $a146145459X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4614-5459-5 035 $a(CKB)3460000000120293 035 $a(EBL)1205301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000879745 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11454602 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000879745 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10853113 035 $a(PQKB)10376718 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4614-5459-5 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1205301 035 $a(PPN)169135772 035 $a(EXLCZ)993460000000120293 100 $a20130326d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Soyuz launch vehicle $ethe two lives of an engineering triumph /$fby C. Lardier, Stefan Barensky 205 $a1st ed. 2013. 210 $aNew York ;$aLondon $cSpringer$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (500 p.) 225 1 $aSpringer-Praxis books in space exploration 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781461454588 311 08$a1461454581 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPart I: Soyuz in the East -- The V-2?s heir -- Designing the Semyorka -- The Council of Chief Designers -- Korolev?s Subsidiaries -- The Various Versions -- The Launch Bases -- Part II: Soyuz in the West -- A Fantasy Launcher -- East meets West -- Genesis of Starsem -- Europeans on the Steppe -- Russians in the Jungle -- Soyuz ? Launcher of the Future. 330 $aThe Soyuz launch vehicle has had a long and illustrious history. Built as the world's first intercontinental missile, it took the first man into space in April 1961, before becoming the workhorse of Russian spaceflight, launching satellites, interplanetary probes, every cosmonaut from Gagarin onwards, and, now, the multinational crews of the International Space Station. This remarkable book gives a complete and accurate description of the two lives of Soyuz, chronicling the cooperative space endeavor of Europe and Russia. First, it takes us back to the early days of astronautics, when technology served politics. From archives found in the Soviet Union the authors describe the difficulty of designing a rocket in the immediate post-war period. Then, in Soyuz's golden age, it launched numerous scientific missions and manned flights which were publicized worldwide while the many more numerous military missions were kept highly confidential! The second part of the book tells the contemporary story of the second life of Soyuz, gathered from Western sources and interviews with key protagonists. It addresses the sensitive issue of the strategic choices that led to the establishment of Soyuz in French Guiana, describing the role of a few visionaries in Russia and in Europe who decided to leave their respective isolation behind and bring Syouz and Ariane together. In the final analysis, this book is a profound description of a formidable human adventure. 410 0$aSpringer-Praxis books in space exploration. 606 $aSoyuz spacecraft 606 $aAstronautics$zRussia (Federation) 606 $aAstronautics$zEurope 615 0$aSoyuz spacecraft. 615 0$aAstronautics 615 0$aAstronautics 676 $a629.47 686 $a55.61$2bcl 700 $aLardier$b Christian$0910498 701 $aBarensky$b Stefan$01752830 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910438117703321 996 $aThe Soyuz launch vehicle$94188315 997 $aUNINA