The Story of Manned Space Stations An Introduction /

• Main Author: Baker, Philip (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2007.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

Philip Baker charts the history of manned space stations from the very beginning in a logical, chronological order. He tells the story of the two major space powers starting out on their very separate programs, but slowly coming together through ASTP, Shuttle-Mir, and the ISS, and includes programs...

Table of Contents:

• 1928–1970: How it all began
• 1971: Salyut 1—Triumph and Disaster
• 1970–1979: Skylab—NASA Dips its Toe
• 1973–1974: Salyut 2 and Salyut 3—Limited Success
• 1974–1977: Salyut 4, 5, and ASTP
• Salyut 6: Space Station Operations Defined
• Salyut 7 and Spacelab
• Mir: For All Mankind?
• Freedom: The U.S. Strikes Back
• Shuttle-Mir: Real co-operation
• The International Space Station...at last
• The Future for Manned Space Stations.