Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 (eBook)

Tim Furniss, Shayler David, Michael D. Shayler (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2007 | 2007
XXXVI, 830 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-0-387-73980-9 (ISBN)

Infos

This flagship work charts a complete chronological log of orbital manned spaceflight. Included are the X-15 'astroflights' of the 1960s, and the two 1961 Mercury and Redstone missions which were non-orbital. There is an image depicting each manned spaceflight, and data boxes containing brief biographies of all the space travelers. The main text is a narrative of each mission, its highlights and accomplishments, including the strange facts and humorous stories connected to every mission. The resulting book is a handy reference to all manned spaceflights, the names of astronauts and cosmonauts who flew on each mission, their roles and accomplishments.

Tim Furniss is a well known author of 35 popular space science books including the bestselling Jane's Manned Spaceflight Log, published in 1983 and updated in 1987, which sold 16,000 plus copies, but is now out of print. Dave Shayler has authored and co-authored 7 successful Space Science Springer-Praxis books and has a further 3 under contract for publication in 2004. We therefore have the ideal team of authors for this flagship book.

---

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 attempted orbital manned spaceflights, including the X-15 "e;astroflights"e; of the 1960s that only achieved an altitude of c. 50 miles and the two 1961 Mercury and Redstone missions which were non-orbital. There will be an image depicting each manned spaceflight, and data boxes containing brief biographies of all the space travellers and basic flight data. The main text will be a narrative of each mission, its highlights and accomplishments, including those strange facts and humorous stories that are connected to every mission.By targeting publication in September 2006, the return to flight of the Shuttle, two more Soyuz TMA launches and, quite possibly, a second Chinese manned mission. The resulting book will be a handy reference to all manned spaceflights, the names astronauts and cosmonauts who flew on each mission, and their roles and accomplishments. Recent announcements of a return to the Moon and eventual manned flights to Mars, as new hardware and procedures are developed to support these long-range programs, emphasizes the case for future updates of this book.

Inhalt

Contents 5
Author's Preface 13
Acknowledgements 15
Foreword 17
Illustrations 21
Other Works by the Authors 28
Prologue 30
Reaching the Heavens 33
The Quest for Space 51
The Orbital Programmes 69
The First Decade: 1961-1970 89
The Second Decade: 1971-1980 176
The Third Decade: 1981-1990 270
The Fourth Decade: 1991-2000 443
The Fifth Decade: 2001-2006 701
The Next Steps 804
Appendix A 810
Appendix B 824
Appendix C 841
Appendix D 847
Bibliography 854

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 17.8.2007
• Reihe/Serie: Space Exploration
• Reihe/Serie: Space Exploration
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Praxis Books
• Reihe/Serie: Springer Praxis Books
• Zusatzinfo: XXXVI, 830 p. 400 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Fahrzeugbau / Schiffbau
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
• Schlagworte: accident • Image • Moon • Nation • space • Spaceflight
• ISBN-10: 0-387-73980-7 / 0387739807
• ISBN-13: 978-0-387-73980-9 / 9780387739809