Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006
Praxis Log of Manned Spaceflight 1961-2006 will open with a section entitled: Quest for Space, which will provide an explanation of the methods employed to get in and out of orbit and brief overviews of the different international space programmes. It will be a complete chronological log of all atte...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Praxis
2007, 2007
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2007 |
| Series: | Space Exploration
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- From the contents: The Profile of Manned Spaceflight
- Methods of Leaving Earth
- Methods of Spaceflight
- Methods of Returning to Earth
- 2. Manned Spaceflight Programmes
- X-15 Rocket Research Aircraft and the X-20 Dyna Soar
- Vostok and Voskhod
- Mercury
- Gemini and the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory
- Apollo and Skylab
- Soyuz and Zond
- Salyut and Almaz
- Mir
- Shuttle and Spacelab
- Buran And Hermes
- International Space Station
- 3. Quest for Space
- X-15 Astro Flights 1962-1968
- Mercury Sub Orbital Missions 1961 Mercury 3 and Mercury 4
- Apollo 1 Pad Fire In January 1967
- Launch Pad Aborts Including The 1983 Soyuz Pad Explosion and Various
- Shuttle Pad Aborts
- 4. Manned Spaceflight Log
- 1961 – 2006
- Appendix
- World Manned Space Missions 1961-2006
- World Space Explorers 1961-2006
- World Spaceflight Experience 1961-2006
- Bibliography and References
- Index