Soviet piloted spacecraft and orbital space stations
Abstract
The book covers the Soviet manned space flights of Vostok, Voskhod, and Soyuz, noting the construction, instrumentation, testing, and research goals of individual flights. The orbital space station Salyut is discussed with regard to launch, instrumentation, research projects (such as environmental and medical studies), and landing. Suggestions are made with regard to future plans for space stations and spacecraft flights.
- Publication:
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Moscow Izdatel Mashinostroenie
- Pub Date:
- 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976MIzMa....R....A
- Keywords:
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- Manned Space Flight;
- Space Stations;
- U.S.S.R. Space Program;
- Apollo Soyuz Test Project;
- Cosmonauts;
- Remote Sensors;
- Salyut Space Station;
- Soyuz Spacecraft;
- Spacecraft Configurations;
- Spacecraft Design;
- Voskhod Manned Spacecraft;
- Vostok Spacecraft;
- Weightlessness;
- Launch Vehicles and Space Vehicles