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100	1		_aBaker, Philip. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Story of Manned Space Stations _h[electronic resource] : _bAn Introduction / _cby Philip Baker.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bSpringer New York, _c2007.
300			_aXVIII, 170 p. 36 illus., 24 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	1		_aSpringer Praxis Books
505	0		_a1928–1970: How it all began -- 1971: Salyut 1—Triumph and Disaster -- 1970–1979: Skylab—NASA Dips its Toe -- 1973–1974: Salyut 2 and Salyut 3—Limited Success -- 1974–1977: Salyut 4, 5, and ASTP -- Salyut 6: Space Station Operations Defined -- Salyut 7 and Spacelab -- Mir: For All Mankind? -- Freedom: The U.S. Strikes Back -- Shuttle-Mir: Real co-operation -- The International Space Station...at last -- The Future for Manned Space Stations.
520			_aPhilip Baker charts the history of manned space stations from the very beginning in a logical, chronological order. He tells the story of the two major space powers starting out on their very separate programs, but slowly coming together through ASTP, Shuttle-Mir, and the ISS, and includes programs that rarely get mentioned - the US Manned Orbiting Laboratory, and the Soviet Almaz station, both military backed projects. The Mir space station was one of the greatest human achievements in modern history, and a thorough telling of its story is essential to this book. During its life it grew and evolved into a truly international outpost, with visitors from all over the world taking advantage of the only permanent space station in orbit at that time. This book will be the only one of its kind to tell the whole story of the manned space stations from both nations, from the very beginning, to the current ISS story, and to the possibilities beyond. Each chapter of this book will contain interviews with many of the primary participants, including the astronauts, cosmonauts, designers, mission controllers, doctors and managers most directly involved in the flights. The author paints a vivid picture of two competing nations slowly coming together to form an alliance that is shaky and uncertain to begin with, but grows from fierce competition into solid collaboration.
650		0	_aPopular works.
650		0	_aSpace sciences.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
650		0	_aAerospace engineering.
650		0	_aAstronautics.
650	1	4	_aPopular Science.
650	2	4	_aPopular Science in Astronomy.
650	2	4	_aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
650	2	4	_aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
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776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9780387307756
830		0	_aSpringer Praxis Books
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68488-8
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