Hall / David / Vis Russia's Cosmonauts

Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-387-73975-5
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 386 Seiten

Reihe: Space Exploration

There is no competition since this is the first book in the English language on cosmonaut selection and training Offers a unique and original discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight. Contains original interviews and photographs with first-hand information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City Provides an insight to the role of cosmonauts in the global space programme of the future. Reviews the training both of Russian cosmonauts in other countries and of foreign cosmonauts in Star City

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hall, Rex D.

David, Shayler

Vis, Bert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Table of Contents;7
2;Foreword;13
3;Author's preface;16
4;Acknowledgements;20
5;List of Illustrations;22
6;Prologue;28
7;The Cosmonaut Training Centre: birth and growth;34
8;Simulators;61
9;Other national and international facilities;104
10;Survival training;122
11;The Cosmonaut Group of the RGNII TsPK;149
12;The Cosmonaut group of RKK Energiya;176
13;Other Soviet and Russian cosmonaut selections;189
14;Cosmonauts selected to fly the Buran Shuttle;212
15;International training;220
16;Joint programmes;277
17;Zvyozdnyy Gorodok - the town;338
18;Appendix 1 - Biographies of Key Personnel;353
19;Appendix 2 - Current Deployment of the Russian CosmonautTeam;361
20;Appendix 3 - The Volga Stratospheric Balloon programme;364
21;Appendix 4 - Soviet/Russian International Manned Space Flights;367
22;Appendix 5: The Full GMVK;372
23;Appendix 6 - The Cosmonaut Team 1960-2005;378
24;Bibliography;398
25;Index;401