Foothold in the Heavens (eBook)

The Seventies

Ben Evans (Autor)

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2010 | 2010
XV, 533 Seiten
Praxis (Verlag)
978-1-4419-6342-0 (ISBN)

Infos

Foothold in the Heavens, the second volume in the A History of Human Space Exploration series, focuses upon the 1970s, the decade in which humanity established real, longterm foothold in the heavens with the construction and operation of the first space stations. It marked a transitional phase between the heady, race-to-the-Moon days of the Sixties and efforts to make space travel more economical, more frequent and more 'routine.' Space exploration in the Seventies, although dominated by Soviet achievement, saw the first efforts of mankind to really 'live' and work in space, producing results of direct benefit to humans on Earth. The emphasis changed from the gung-ho, 'strap-it-on-and-go' pioneers of the Sixties to the more practical exploitation of space for science, medicine, and technology. This book focuses on each mission launched between April 1971 and April 1981: from the launch of the world's first space station to the end of operations of Salyut 6, and from the expanded, lengthy exploration of the Moon on Apollo 15 to the first flight of the Shuttle.

Ben Evans is an accomplished and experienced space writer ideally qualified to chronicle the epic story of human space exploration. In addition to writing five books for Springer-Praxis, including the first book in this series: Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and Sixties. He has published numerous space and astronomy related articles in such journals as Spaceflight, Countdown, and Astronomy Now.

Inhalt

Contents 4
Illustrations 7
Author's preface 10
Acknowledgements 12
1 
13 
A DIFFERENT PATH 13
UNION IN SPACE 15
MAN OF GRANITE 21
A DOCKING AND A TRANSFER 23
THE MAN WHO ROCKED THE BOAT 28
AMUR AND BAIKAL 31
THE GALLANT PILOT AND THE MUSKETEER 33
A WALK OUTSIDE AND A WILD RIDE HOME 38
ASSASSINATION BID 42
THE TROIKA FLIGHT 45
MAGNIFICENT SEVEN 54
MURMURS OF DISCONTENT 58
RECORD-BREAKERS 60
2 
71 
THE MAN WHO CHOSE THE 'FIRST MAN' 71
MOONSHIP 75
THE 'D' FLIGHT 88
A NEW START? 91
FIRST AMONG EQUALS 94
FLYING THE 'GIANT SPRING' 97
MAKE OR BREAK 104
SPIDERMEN 107
ADVENTURE OF 'THE RED ROVER' 112
ORBITAL BALLET 116
HAMBURGER HILL 123
THE WORRY AND THE REWARD 125
FIRECRACKERS, FOOTBALLING AND THE F-86 130
DRESS REHEARSAL 132
"NOTHIN' TO WORRY 'BOUT" 136
STARK PLACE 141
THE ASTRONAUT 146
"DOWN AMONG 'EM!" 149
RETURN TO EARTH 152
"TH' INCONSTANT MOON" 154
MOON TEAM ONE 158
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE FIRST 166
TRAINING 169
TO LAND ON THE MOON 175
THE JOURNEY BEGINS 179
"GO FOR THE MOON" 185
ARRIVAL AND UNDOCKING 191
TENSE TIME 197
"THE EAGLE HAS LANDED" 198
3 
207 
FADED DREAMS 207
STRAINED RELATIONS 223
ZOND 224
"THE MAIN ROAD FOR MAN INTO SPACE" 229
SO NEAR ... YET SO FAR 248
THE CREW THAT NEVER FLEW 249
A CONVOLUTED PATH TO 'PRIME CREW' 252
THE QUIET EXPLORER 254
LONG HAUL 256
FIRE! 264
TRIUMPH TURNS TO TRAGEDY 266
"THEY WOULD HAVE SURVIVED" 272
THREE FAILURES 277
THE SOLO FLIGHTS 284
A MILITARY SALYUT ... 290
... AND A CIVILIAN SALYUT 299
4 
308 
ASHORE ON A SILENT SEA 308
SMALL STEPS 315
"THIS IS THEIR FLAG, TOO" 337
GOLDFISH BOWL 339
WHERE NEXT? 342
A BET TO WIN 344
TO THE OCEAN OF STORMS 347
'ANIMAL' AND 'BEANO' 349
ROCKY START ... 353
... AND A ROCKY MOON 361
THE LUCK OF THE DRAW 369
VETERAN, ENTHUSIAST, BACHELOR ... AND SPECTATOR 372
"BORED TO TEARS" 380
STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL 383
"SOLD DOWN THE RIVER" 393
RETURN TO EARTH 395
LOST MISSION 402
5 
407 
ROAD TO RECOVERY 407
DEEPENING CRISIS 416
"BEEP-BEEP" 421
'SMOKY' AND 'THE BRAIN' 423
JUICING IT 426
PERSONAL TRIUMPH 433
CLIMB TO CONE 437
GOLDEN CREW, GOLDEN MISSION 442
JOURNEY TO HADLEY 456
INTO THE MOUNTAINS 464
OPTIMISM AND PESSIMISM 478
MUNICH 486
OF MOON-MEN AND ORANGE JUICE 488
UNTOUCHED SERENITY 502
GEOLOGIST WANTED: EXPERIENCE NECESSARY 509
INTO THE VALLEY AT TAURUS-LITTROW 518
CONVERGENT PATHS 529
Bibliography 535
Index 539

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.8.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Space Exploration
• Reihe/Serie: Space Exploration
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Praxis Books
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Praxis Books
• Zusatzinfo: XV, 533 p.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: Apollo 15 • Exploration of the Moon • History of Space Exploration • Moon • Salyut 6 • Soviet space exploration • Soyuz 11 • space • space exploration • Space Travel
• ISBN-10: 1-4419-6342-1 / 1441963421
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4419-6342-0 / 9781441963420