LEADER 03266nam 2200493 450 001 9910826824903321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4962-0108-6 010 $a1-4962-0106-X 035 $a(CKB)3710000001405069 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4880723 035 $a(OCoLC)990337324 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse56658 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4880723 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11399626 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL1015595 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001405069 100 $a20170713h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aOutposts on the frontier $ea fifty-year history of space stations /$fJay Chladek ; foreword by Clayton C. Anderson 210 1$aLincoln, [Nebraska] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Nebraska Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (496 pages) $cillustrations, photographs 225 0 $aOutward Odyssey. A People's History of Spaceflight 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8032-2292-0 327 $aHumble beginnings -- Chelomei and Almaz -- Salyut -- The Apollo Applications Project -- The rocky road to Salyut success -- On-orbit diplomacy -- Salyut endurance! -- European participation -- Soviet space station Mir -- The odd couple -- The international space station -- Columbia -- Construction resumes -- Final construction. 330 8 $aThe International Space Station (ISS) is the largest man-made structure to orbit Earth and has been conducting research for close to a decade and a half. Yet it is only the latest in a long line of space stations and laboratories that have flown in orbit since the early 1970s. The histories of these earlier programs have been all but forgotten as the public focused on other, higher-profile adventures such as the Apollo moon landings. A vast trove of stories filled with excitement, danger, humor, sadness, failure, and success, Outposts on the Frontier reveals how the Soviets and the Americans combined strengths to build space stations over the past fifty years. At the heart of these scientific advances are people of both greatness and modesty. Jay Chladek documents the historical tapestry of the people, the early attempts at space station programs, and how astronauts and engineers have contributed to and shaped the ISS in surprising ways. He delves into the intriguing stories behind the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory, the Almaz and Salyut programs, Skylab, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Spacelab, Mir station, Spacehab, and the ISS, and gives past-due attention to Vladimir Chelomei, the Russian designer whose influence in space station development is as significant as Sergei Korolev's in rocketry. This is an informative and dynamic history of humankind's first outposts on the frontier of space. 606 $aSpace stations$xInternational cooperation 615 0$aSpace stations$xInternational cooperation. 676 $a629.442 700 $aChladek$b Jay$01609237 702 $aAnderson$b Clayton C. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910826824903321 996 $aOutposts on the frontier$93936374 997 $aUNINA