: David M. Harland
: The Story of Space Station Mir
: Praxis
: 9780387739779
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: CHF 48.30
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: Astronomie: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke
: English
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* Details how a succession of Salyut space stations led to the development of Mir.

* Depicts Mir's assembly piece by piece, in space, between 1982 and 1996.

* Describes how Mir became an international research laboratory.

* Advises how Mir technology went on to form the 'core modules' of the ISS.

* The definitive account of Mir throughout its life through to de-orbiting in March 2001.

 
Table of contents8
List of illustrations13
List of tables18
Author's preface19
Acknowledgements20
Getting started21
Routine operations70
A step towards continuos occupancy123
A base block for modular construction158
An astrophysical laboratory170
A microgravity laboratory for hire202
Expansion or abandonment?229
Shuttle-Mir249
The final chapter293
In retrospect312
Appendices335
Glossary340
Reading list423
Index426