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100	1		_aHendrickx, Bart. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEnergiya—Buran _h[electronic resource] : _bThe Soviet Space Shuttle / _cby Bart Hendrickx, Bert Vis.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bPraxis, _c2007.
300			_aXXVI, 526 p. 170 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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490	1		_aSpringer Praxis Books
505	0		_aThe 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.
520			_aIn 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	_aEngineering.
650		0	_aAstronomy.
650		0	_aAstrophysics.
650		0	_aCosmology.
650		0	_aObservations, Astronomical.
650		0	_aAstronomy _xObservations.
650		0	_aPhysics.
650		0	_aPopular works.
650		0	_aAerospace engineering.
650		0	_aAstronautics.
650	1	4	_aEngineering.
650	2	4	_aAerospace Technology and Astronautics.
650	2	4	_aPopular Science, general.
650	2	4	_aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
650	2	4	_aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques.
650	2	4	_aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.
700	1		_aVis, Bert. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9780387698489
830		0	_aSpringer Praxis Books
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73984-7
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950			_aEngineering (Springer-11647)
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