Brian Harvey

Russian Planetary Exploration (eBook, PDF)

History, Development, Legacy and Prospects

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Illustrated with photographs from Soviet Venus and Mars probes, images of spacecraft, diagrams of flight paths and maps of landing sites, this book draws on published scientific papers, archives, memoirs and other material. The text reviews Soviet engineering techniques and science packages, as well the difficulties which ruined several missions. The program's scientific and engineering legacy is also addressed, within the Soviet space effort as a whole.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer New York
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780387496641
• Artikelnr.: 37288292

Inhaltsangabe

Aelita.- First plans.- The first Mars, Venus probes.- OKB Lavochkin.- First landfall on Venus, Mars.- The high summer of Soviet planetary exploration, 1975-1986.- Phobos, crisis and decline.- Returning to the planets?.- The legacy.

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From the reviews:

"Brian Harvey ... has produced an excellent work in this latest volume. ... Russian Planetary Exploration: History, Development, Legacy and Prospects, an equally good account of Soviet/Russian planetary exploration. ... Anyone with an interest in the history of Soviet/Russian space activities would find ... illuminating and rewarding." (Liftoff, Issue 239, 2007)