Linking the Space Shuttle and Space Stations [E-Book] : Early Docking Technologies from Concept to Implementation / by David J. Shayler.
How could the newly authorized space shuttle help in the U.S. quest to build a large research station in Earth orbit? As a means of transporting goods, the shuttle could help supply the parts to the station. But how would the two entitles be physically linked? Docking technologies had to constantly...
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Personal Name(s): | Shayler, David J, author |
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1st ed. 2017. |
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Springer,
2017
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XX, 248 pages 122 illustrations, 107 illustrations in color (online resource) |
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englisch |
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9783319497693 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-49769-3 |
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Space Exploration
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- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Dedication
- Prologue
- Chapter 1 The Space Shuttle and the Space Station
- Chapter 2 Shuttle and Salyut: A Lost Opportunity
- Chapter 3 The Price of Freedom
- Chapter 4 Putting It All Together
- Chapter 5 The Human Element
- Chapter 6 Getting There
- Chapter 7 Shuttle-Mir 1994-1998
- Chapter 8 The Docked Phase
- Chapter 9 Crew Transfers and Loadmasters
- Chapter 10 Getting Back
- Closing Comments
- Afterword
- Abbreviations
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- About the Author.