| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 386 pages) : illustrations |
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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration |
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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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| Contents |
The Cosmonaut Training Centre: birth and growth -- Simulators -- Other national and international facilities -- Survival training -- The Cosmonaut Group of the RGNII TsPK -- The Cosmonaut group of RKK Energiya -- Other Soviet and Russian cosmonaut selections -- Cosmonauts selected to fly the Buran Shuttle -- International training -- Joint programmes -- Zvyozdnyy Gorodok -- the town |
| Summary |
"In this ground-breaking work, the doors to the Yu. Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre (TsPK) in Russia are opened, and its facilities and its role in space flight history explained in detail for the first time to western readers. Known as Star City, the Centre is unique in the history of human space exploration but, until now, has remained essentially a closed location." "With full assistance from those who organise and run the facility, and using unique photographs, first-hand interviews and historical resources, the authors explore how Russian citizens have been selected and trained to fly in space, and how this procedure has changed over the last forty years. They also discuss the evolution of the often overlooked ground support infrastructure. Finally, they examine how the cosmonaut's role has changed from the pioneering days of the Gagarin era, through the demise of the Soviet Union, the cooperation in the multinational commercial and ISS programmes, and into the future and a new era of space exploration."--Jacket |
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fysica |
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physics |
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astronomie |
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astronomy |
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wetenschap |
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science |
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computerwetenschappen |
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computer sciences |
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Physics (General) |
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Fysica (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Astronautics -- Russia (Federation)
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Astronauts -- Russia (Federation) -- Biography
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Physique.
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Astronomie.
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Astronautics.
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Astronauts.
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Russia (Federation)
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| Genre/Form |
Biography
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Shayler, David, 1955-
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Vis, Bert.
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| ISBN |
9780387739755 |
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0387739750 |
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0387218947 |
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9780387218946 |
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6611116079 |
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9786611116071 |
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