Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program

by Colin Burgess and Bert Vis

This book focuses on the Interkosmos program, which was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, in the study and exploration of space. The chapters shed light on the space program that was at that time a prime outlet for the Soviet Union's aims at becoming a world power. Interkosmos was a highly publicized Russian space program that rapidly became a significant propaganda tool...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319241613
• ISBN13: 9783319241616
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.6"