Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft

ISBN-13: 9781852336578 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 460 str.

Rex D. Hall; David Shayler

Opis

Rex Hall and Dave Shayler provide a unique history of the Soyuz spacecraft programme from conception, through development to its use, detailed in the only English language book available on this topic. Planned for publication in 2003, it will celebrate 40 years since the original concept of the Soyuz craft.

Recenzje

Praise for R.D. Hall's Soyuz: a Universal Spacecraft

The Aerospace Professional

"Reading this extremely well researched book will show how this admirable concept, once very much on course to reach the moon earlier than the USA, became a victim of it's own diversity. The authors lead us through this tangled web of Russian design and decision process, which does evoke some sympathy for the frustrated engineers concerned and for a facet of the Russian programme, which could have promise so much. This is a superb acquisition for any library or student of the field."

Spis treści

Foreword.- Author's Introduction.- Preface: Into Space on Soyuz.- Origins.- Early Soyuz.- First Flights.- The Lunar Adventure.- Return to Flight.- Soyuz to Salyut.- Solo Soyuz.- 3-Person Upgrade.- Space Freighter.- Soyuz for ISS.- Cosmonaut Training.- Unmanned Applications.- Appendices.- Glossary.- References.- Bibliography.- Index.