Outposts on the frontier : a fifty-year history of space stations /

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The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest man-made structure to orbit Earth and has been conducting research for close to a decade and a half. Yet it is only the latest in a long line of space stations and laboratories that have flown in orbit since the early 1970s. The histories of these...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chladek, Jay (Autor)
Otros Autores: Anderson, Clayton C., 1959- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Colección:Outward odyssey.
Temas:
International Space Station > History.
International Space Station.
Space stations > International cooperation.
Stations spatiales > Coopération internationale.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
Outer space > Exploration > Government policy > United States.
Espace extra-atmosphérique > Exploration > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Outer space.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Humble Beginnings; 2. Chelomei and Almaz; 3. Salyut; 4. The Apollo Applications Project; 5. The Rocky Road to Salyut Success; 6. On-Orbit Diplomacy; 7. Salyut Endurance!; 8. European Participation; 9. Soviet Space Station Mir; 10. The Odd Couple; 11. The International Space Station; 12. Columbia; 13. Construction Resumes; 14. Final Construction; Epilogue; Sources; Index.

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