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Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program

Colin Burgess, Bert Vis - Science - 2015 - 321 pages
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 ...
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NASA's Scientist-Astronauts

Shayler David, Colin Burgess - Science - 2007 - 543 pages
This book provides unique access to the story of how scientists were accepted into the American Space Programme, and reveals how, after four difficult decades, the role of the ...
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Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006

Tim Furniss, Shayler David, Michael D. Shayler - Science - 2007 - 856 pages
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 ...
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Space Rescue: Ensuring the Safety of Manned Spacecraft

Shayler David - Technology & Engineering - 2009 - 384 pages
Looks forward to the completion of the ISS, possibility of return to the moon, manned flights to Mars, and the prospect of safety and rescue far beyond. Describes the role of ...
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The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team: Their Lives and Legacies

Colin Burgess, Rex Hall - Science - 2009 - 420 pages
The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team will relate who these men were and offer far more extensive background stories, in addition to those of the more familiar names of early Soviet ...
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Fallen Astronauts: Heroes Who Died Reaching for the Moon, Revised Edition

Colin Burgess, Kate Doolan, Bert Vis - History - 2016 - 416 pages
Stories of the eight American astronauts and eight Soviet cosmonauts who died in the race to reach the moon. --
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White Dwarfs

Domitilla de Martino, Roberto Silvotti, Jan-Erik Solheim, Romualdas Kalytis - Science - 2003 - 470 pages
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, held in Naples, Italy, 24-28 June 2002
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The Genesis Mission

C.T. Russell - Science - 2003 - 190 pages
NASA's Genesis mission, launched on August 8, 2001 is the fifth mission in the Discovery series. Genesis addresses questions about the materials and processes involved in the ...
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