Soviets in Space : Russia's Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier

• Autore: Burgess Colin
• Pubblicazione: London : , : Reaktion Books, Limited, , 2022; ©2022
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 pages)
• Disciplina: 629.40947
• Soggetto non controllato: Soviet Union; Science; Outer Space; History
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue -- 1. Pupniks And Sputniks -- 2. 'Poyekhali!' -- 3. Vostok Flights Continue -- 4. Soviet Spectaculars and A Spacewalk -- 5. The Trouble with Soyuz -- 6. Losing the Moon -- 7. A Tragic Setback -- 8. Détente in Orbit -- 9. Space Station Mir -- 10. The Soyuz Legacy -- References -- Further Reading -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this deeply researched chronology, Colin Burgess describes the then Soviet Unions extraordinary success in the pioneering years of space exploration. Within a decade, the Soviets not only launched the worlds first satellite, Sputnik, in 1957, but they also were the first to send an animal and a human being into Earth orbit. In the years that followed, their groundbreaking missions sent a woman into space, launched a three-man spacecraft, and included the first person to walk in space. Six decades on from the historic spaceflight of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Burgess guides us through the amazing achievements of Russias spaceflight program through to the present day, introducing the men and women who have flown the missions that drive us to delve ever deeper into the wonders and complexities of the cosmos.
• Titolo autorizzato: Soviets in Space
• ISBN: 9781789146318; 9781789146325
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910795837003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Kosmos