Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit The Eighties and Early Nineties /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Evans, Ben (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Springer Praxis Books
• Θέματα: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

April 12, 2011, was the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering journey into space. To commemorate this momentous achievement, Springer-Praxis is producing a mini series of books that reveals how humanity's knowledge of flying, working, and living in space has grown in the last half...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Illustrations
• Author's Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Chapter 1: "We deliver"
• Chapter 2: A final Soviet salute
• Chapter 3: An age of innocence
• Chapter 4: Road to Peace
• Chapter 5: New beginnings
• Bibliography
• Index.