The Story of Space Station Mir
By addebook • Jun 24th, 2008 • Category: Astronomy & Geography •
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The Story of Space Station Mir
The Story of Space Station Mir
By David M Harland
Publisher: Praxis
Number Of Pages: 424
Publication Date: 2005-02-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0387230114
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780387230115
Binding: Paperback
This successor edition picks up the story where the first edition left off in 1997, and runs through to Mirs de-orbiting in March 2001, providing the definitive account of the Mir Space Station. The book reviews the origins of the Soviet space station programme, in particular the highly successful Salyuts 6 and 7, describes Mirs structure, environment, power supply and maneuvering systems, and provides a comprehensive account of how it was assembled and how it operated in orbit.
Tells how the Soviet Union’s experience with a succession of Salyut space stations led to the development of Mir, which was assembled in space, piece by piece, between 1982 and 1996 and became an international research laboratory whose technology went on to form the ‘core modules’ of the International Space Station.
Summary: I’m glad to have this publication on my bookshelf
Rating: 4
The book offers a very good coverage of the station history and visitors. It is a step in the right direction and provides a balancing view to a propaganda generated by publications hailing NASA as the only winer in cosmic space. In this way it’s a very refreshing read. Next, I would like to see a story about Lunochod (Russian automated lunar explorer)
I find the language a bit “wooden”, which might be a result of a direct translation from Russian documentation. Also, I’ve had an overwhelming impression that the author had not done much research in astronautic terms, and one can see semantic void encompassing scientific data included in the book.
Summary: space station operations
Rating: 4
The focus of the book is on Soviet/Russian space station operations in general: the first third of the book covers operations on board the Salyut stations.
On the downside, there is little mention of station module design and construction prior to launch, and often the scientific instruments on board are merely mentioned in passing by name.
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