Title The rebirth of the Russian space program : 50 years after Sputnik, new frontiers / Brian Harvey

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Springer, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 355 pages) : illustrations Series Springer-Praxis books in space exploration Springer-Praxis books in space exploration. Contents Almost the end -- Building the International Space Station -- Scientific and applications programs -- Military programs -- Launchers and engines -- Launch sites -- The design bureaus -- Resurgent--the new projects Summary The rebirth of the Russian space program marks an important event: 50 years since the first Sputnik was launched on 4th October 1957. At that time, few could have imagined the dramatic events that lay head. The Soviet Union achieved all the great firsts in cosmonautics--the first satellite in orbit, the first animal in orbit, the first laboratory in orbit, the first probe to the Moon, the first probe to photograph its far side, the first soft landing on the moon, the first man in space, the first woman in space, the first spacewalk. Except one, the first human landing on the Moon. In 1964, the Soviet Union decided to contest the decision of the United States to put the first person on the Moon. The Soviet Union engaged in that race far too late, with divided organization, and made a gallant but doomed challenge to Apollo. Undaunted, the Soviet Union rebuilt its space program around orbiting stations, building the first one, Salyut, and then the first permanent home in space, Mir. The Soviet Union still achieved many more firsts: the first lunar rover, the first soft landing on Venus, the first soft landing on Mars, the first recovery of samples from the Moon by automatic spacecraft Analysis engineering ruimtewetenschap space science ruimtevlucht space flight astronomie astronomy Astronomy Astronomie Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Astronautics -- Russia (Federation) -- History Astronautics. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Aeronautics & Astronautics. Astronautics -- Russia (Federation) -- History. Sciences sociales. Sciences humaines. Astronomie. Astronautics Russia (Federation) Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780387713564 0387713565 9780387713540 0387713549

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