Salyut — The First Space Station Triumph and Tragedy /

• Main Author: Ivanovich, Grujica S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2008.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books, Space Exploration
• Subjects: Popular works.; Physics.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.

This remarkable book is a unique insight into the people involved in the development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to operate it. It describes the rotation between the crews, analyses the decision to send the back-up crew on Soyuz 11 and recounts the intrigues and difficult rela...

Table of Contents:

• From Almaz to Salyut
• DOS-1 crews
• Salyut in space
• The drama of the Granites
• Mutiny at the cosmodrome
• Dobrovolskiy, Volkov and Patsayev
• Home in orbit
• Science and conflicts
• The fire
• Drawing away from the station
• Cosmonauts dead on landing
• Farewell
• Thirteen seconds to eternity
• The fall of the Chief Designer
• Memories.