The Story of Space Station Mir
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...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Praxis,
2005.
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Online Access: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Table of Contents:
- Getting started
- Routine operations
- A step towards continuous occupancy
- A base block for modular construction
- An astrophysical laboratory
- A microgravity laboratory for hire
- Expansion or abandonment?
- Shuttle-Mir
- The final chapter
- In retrospect.