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Interkosmos: The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program by Colin Burgess, Bert Vis (Paperback, 2015)

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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 Soviet Union's aims at becoming a world power. Interkosmos was a highly publicized Russian space program that rapidly became a significant propaganda tool for the Soviet Union in the waning years of communism. Billed as an international research-cosmonaut imperative, it was also a high-profile means of displaying solidarity with the nine participating Eastern bloc countries. Those countries contributed pilots who were trained in Moscow for week-long guest missions on orbiting Salyut stations. They did a little subsidiary science and were permitted only the most basic mechanical maneuvers. In this enthralling new book, and following extensive international research, the authors fully explore the background, accomplishments and political legacy of the Interkosmos program. Through personal and often highly revealing interviews with many of the participants they relate the very human story behind this extraordinary but controversial space venture..

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Springer International Publishing Ag
ISBN-13
9783319241616
eBay Product ID (ePID)
216414045

Product Key Features

Book Title
Interkosmos: the Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program
Author
Colin Burgess, Bert Vis
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Engineering & Technology, Science, Astronomy
Publication Year
2015
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
321 Pages

Dimensions

Item Height
240mm
Item Width
168mm
Item Weight
6316g

Additional Product Features

Title_Author
Bert Vis, Colin Burgess
Series Title
Springer Praxis Books
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland

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