Salyut: The First Space Station: Triumph and Tragedy

by Grujica S. Ivanovich

Book Overview

This remarkable book is a unique insight into the people involved in the development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to operate it. It describes the rotation between the crews, analyses the decision to send the back-up crew on Soyuz 11 and recounts the intrigues and difficult relationships between all the personalities involved - politicians, CKBEM managers, designers, generals and cosmonauts. Biographies of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387735852
• ISBN13: 9780387735856
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Praxis Publications Inc
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.6" x 9.6"