The Story of Space Station Mir

• Main Author: Harland, David M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Praxis, 2005.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Popular works.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

This successor edition picks up the story where the first edition left off in 1997, and runs through to Mir’s de-orbiting in March 2001, providing the definitive account of the Mir Space Station. The book reviews the origins of the Soviet space station programme, in particular the highly successful...