Interkosmos [E-Book] : The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program / by Colin Burgess, Bert Vis.
This book focuses on the Interkosmos program, which was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, in the study and exploration of space. The chapters shed light on the space program that was at that time a prime outlet for the Sov...
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Personal Name(s): | Burgess, Colin, author |
Vis, Bert, author | |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2016. |
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Cham :
Springer,
2016
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Physical Description: |
XIII, 321 pages 257 illustrations, 147 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
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9783319241630 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-24163-0 |
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Space Exploration
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- History and Development of the Interkosmos program
- First to fly: Czechoslovakia's cosmonaut
- From Poland to Salyut-6
- Sigmund Jähn and Soyuz-30
- Bulgaria in space
- Hungary joins the space club. - A Vietnamese cosmonaut. - The Soviet Cuban Salyut mission
- From the steppes of Mongolia. - Romania continues the program
- Beyond Interkosmos. - Soviet-Indian mission. - A Syrian researcher on Mir. - Bulgaria's second flight. - Afghanistan's cosmonaut-researcher. - Chrétien in space again. - The Interkosmos program. - Appendices. - About the authors. - Index.