Leaving Earth : space stations, rival superpowers and the quest for interplanetary travel /
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| Author / Creator: | Zimmerman, Robert, 1953- |
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| Imprint: | Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry, c2003. |
| Description: | xiii, 528 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4959738 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- 1.. Skyscrapers in the Sky
- 2.. Salyut: "I Wanted Him to Come Home."
- 3.. Skylab: A Glorious Forgotten Triumph
- 4.. The Early Salyuts: "The Prize of All People"
- 5.. Salyut 6: The End of Isolation
- 6.. Salyut 7: Phoenix in Space
- 7.. Freedom: "You've Got to Put on Your Management Hat..."
- 8.. Mir: A Year in Space
- 9.. Mir: The Road to Capitalism
- 10.. Mir: The Joys of Freedom
- 11.. Mir: Almost Touching
- 12.. Mir: Culture Shock
- 13.. Mir: Spin City
- 14.. International Space Station: Ships Passing in the Night
- Bibliography
- Notes
- Index
- List of Illustrations
- 1.. Salyut with approaching Soyuz
- 2.. Skylab with docked Apollo spacecraft and Salyut for scale
- 3.. Salyut 3
- 4.. Salyut 4 with approaching Soyuz
- 5.. Salyut 6
- 6.. Salyut 7 with transport-support module
- 7.. Mir core module
- 8.. Mir core with Kvant
- 9.. Mir, Kvant, Kvant-2
- 10.. Mir, Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall
- 11.. Mir, Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall, with Sofora, Strela, and docked Soyuz-TM and Progress-M
- 12.. Mir, Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall, Spektr, with docked Soyuz-TM
- 13.. Mir complete, with Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall, Spektr, Priroda, with docked Soyuz-TM and Progress-M
- 14.. International Space Station, as of December 2002
