Russia's Cosmonauts (eBook)

Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center

Rex D. Hall, Shayler David, Bert Vis (Autoren)

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2007 | 2005
XXXIV, 386 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-73975-5 (ISBN)

Infos

There is no competition since this is the first book in the English language on cosmonaut selection and training

Offers a unique and original discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight.

Contains original interviews and photographs with first-hand information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City

Provides an insight to the role of cosmonauts in the global space programme of the future.

Reviews the training both of Russian cosmonauts in other countries and of foreign cosmonauts in Star City

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With the aid of unique photographs, first-hand interviews and historical resources, Rex Hall, Dave Shayler and Bert Vis explain, for the very first time, how Russian citizens have been selected and trained to fly in space, and how these procedures have changed during the past 40 years. The authors also describe the evolution of the often overlooked ground support infrastructure and how the role of cosmonauts has changed from the very earliest days of the Gagarin era, through the demise of the Soviet Union, to the era of international co-operation and collaboration on programmes such as the International Space Station.The book will provide much important background information and insight to the operational Soviet/Russian manned space programme, already covered in other Springer-Praxis titles, but revealing information and facts not covered elsewhere, and providing a unique reference source for all those who wish to understand the changing role of Russian cosmonauts in today s global space programme.

Inhalt

Table of Contents 7
Foreword 13
Author's preface 16
Acknowledgements 20
List of Illustrations 22
Prologue 28
The Cosmonaut Training Centre: birth and growth 34
Simulators 61
Other national and international facilities 104
Survival training 122
The Cosmonaut Group of the RGNII TsPK 149
The Cosmonaut group of RKK Energiya 176
Other Soviet and Russian cosmonaut selections 189
Cosmonauts selected to fly the Buran Shuttle 212
International training 220
Joint programmes 277
Zvyozdnyy Gorodok - the town 338
Appendix 1 - Biographies of Key Personnel 353
Appendix 2 - Current Deployment of the Russian CosmonautTeam 361
Appendix 3 - The Volga Stratospheric Balloon programme 364
Appendix 4 - Soviet/Russian International Manned Space Flights 367
Appendix 5: The Full GMVK 372
Appendix 6 - The Cosmonaut Team 1960-2005 378
Bibliography 398
Index 401

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.10.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Space Exploration
• Reihe/Serie: Space Exploration
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Praxis Books
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Praxis Books
• Zusatzinfo: XXXIV, 386 p. 220 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: Evolution • Illustration • Information • Simulation • space • Structure
• ISBN-10: 0-387-73975-0 / 0387739750
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-73975-5 / 9780387739755