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Energiya—Buran (Record no. 509546)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780387739847
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024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7
Source of number or code doi
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number TL787-4050.22
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Subject category code TRP
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Subject category code TTDS
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Subject category code TEC002000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 629.1
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hendrickx, Bart.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Energiya—Buran
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title The Soviet Space Shuttle /
Statement of responsibility, etc. by Bart Hendrickx, Bert Vis.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture New York, NY :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Praxis,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2007.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XXVI, 526 p. 170 illus.
Other physical details online resource.
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Content type term text
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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File type text file
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement Springer Praxis Books
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note The roots of Buran -- The birth of Buran -- Systems and scenarios -- Organizations and infrastructure -- The Buran cosmonaut team -- Testing the hardware -- Buran in the spotlight -- Shattered dreams, new beginnings -- Beyond Buran.
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Summary, etc. In Energiya-Buran: the Soviet Space Shuttle, the authors describe the long development path of the Soviet space shuttle system, consisting of the Energiya rocket and the Buran orbiter. The program eventually saw just one unmanned flight in November 1988 before the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union sealed its fate. After a Foreword provided by lead Buran test pilot Igor Volk, the authors look at the experience gradually accumulated in high-speed aeronautics with the development of various Soviet rocket planes and intercontinental cruise missiles between the 1930s to 1950s and the study of several small spaceplanes in the 1960s. Next the authors explain how the perceived military threat of the US Space Shuttle led to the decision in February 1976 to build a Soviet equivalent, and explore the evolution of the design until it was frozen in 1979. Following this is a detailed technical description of both Energiya and Buran and a look at nominal flight scenarios and emergency situations, highlighting similarities and differences with the US Space Shuttle. The authors then expand on the managerial aspects of the Energiya-Buran program, sum up the main design bureaus and production facilities involved in the project and describe the infrastructure needed to transport the hardware and prepare it for launch at the Baikonur cosmodrome. They go on to detail the selection and training of teams of civilian and military test pilots for Buran, crew assignments for the first manned missions and preparatory flights aboard Soyuz spacecraft. Next the focus turns to the extensive test program that preceded the first flight of Buran, notably the often trouble-plagued test firings of rocket engines, the first flight of Energiya with the enigmatic Polyus payload, test flights of subscale models and atmospheric approach and landing tests. After an analysis of Western speculation on the Soviet space shuttle effort in the pre-glasnost era, a detailed account is given of final preparations for the maiden flight of Buran and the mission itself. In the final chapters the authors look at the gradual demise of the project in the early 1990s, the fate of the Soviet orbiters and their cosmodrome infrastructure, cancelled missions, and the many planned derivatives of the Energiya rocket. Attention is also paid to technological spin-offs such as the Zenit and Sea Launch projects and the RD-180 and RD-191 rocket engines. Finally, an overview is given of alternative spaceplane proposals during and after the Buran era, including the MAKS air-launched spaceplane, the Kliper spacecraft and various single-stage-to-orbit systems. The book closes off with key specifications of the Energiya-Buran system, short biographies of the Buran pilots, an extensive list of Russian acronyms, a short bibliographical essay and a detailed index. Based largely on Russian sources, it is richly illustrated with some 250 pictures and diagrams. Although Energiya-Buran was primarily a program of unfulfilled promises and shattered dreams, it represented a major technological breakthrough for the Soviet Union and its story deserves to be told.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Engineering.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astrophysics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Cosmology.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Observations, Astronomical.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy
General subdivision Observations.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Physics.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular works.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Aerospace engineering.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronautics.
650 14 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Engineering.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Popular Science, general.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
650 24 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Vis, Bert.
Relator term author.
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Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element SpringerLink (Online service)
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Title Springer eBooks
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Relationship information Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9780387698489
830 #0 - SERIES ADDED ENTRY--UNIFORM TITLE
Uniform title Springer Praxis Books
856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Uniform Resource Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7
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