The Story of Space Station Mir - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Story of Space Station Mir write by David M. Harland. This book was released on 2007-12-26. The Story of Space Station Mir available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. * Details how a succession of Salyut space stations led to the development of Mir. * Depicts Mir’s assembly piece by piece, in space, between 1982 and 1996. * Describes how Mir became an international research laboratory. * Advises how Mir technology went on to form the ‘core modules’ of the ISS. * The definitive account of Mir throughout its life through to de-orbiting in March 2001.
Off The Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard The Space Station MIR
Off The Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard The Space Station MIR - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Off The Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard The Space Station MIR write by Jerry M. Linenger. This book was released on 2000-01-13. Off The Planet: Surviving Five Perilous Months Aboard The Space Station MIR available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “An engrossing report.”—Booklist “Vividly captures the challenges and privations [Dr. Linenger] endured both before and during his flight.”—Library Journal Nothing on earth compares to Off the Planet—Dr. Jerry Linenger’s dramatic account of space exploration turned survival mission during his 132 days aboard the decaying and unstable Russian space station Mir. Not since Apollo 13 has an American astronaut faced so many catastrophic malfunctions and life-threatening emergencies in one mission. In his remarkable narrative, Linenger chronicles power outages that left the crew in complete darkness, tumbling out of control; chemical leaks and near collisions that threatened to rupture Mir’s hull; and most terrifying of all—a raging fire that almost destroyed the space station and the lives of its entire crew.
The MIR Space Station
The MIR Space Station - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The MIR Space Station write by David M. Harland. This book was released on 1997-10. The MIR Space Station available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book explores the development and operation of the Mir Space Station over the last ten years, focusing on the engineering technology aspects of constructing and operating an orbital complex designed to be occupied by humans for long periods of time.
The Story of Manned Space Stations
The Story of Manned Space Stations - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Story of Manned Space Stations write by Philip Baker. This book was released on 2007-08-20. The Story of Manned Space Stations available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book charts the history of manned space stations in a logical, chronological order. It tells the story of the two major space powers starting out on their very separate programs, but slowly coming together. It describes rarely mentioned development programs, most of which never flew, including the US Manned Orbiting Laboratory, the Soviet Almaz station, and the Soviet Polyus battlestation. The Mir space station was one of the greatest human achievements in modern history, and a thorough telling of its story is essential to this book. This book is the first of its kind to tell the whole story of the manned space stations from the USA and Russia.
Dragonfly
Dragonfly - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Dragonfly write by Bryan Burrough. This book was released on 2000-03-01. Dragonfly available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Presents a behind-the-scenes account of NASA's ambitious and sometimes tumultuous involvement with Russia's problem-plagued Mir space station over three years.
