Chladek, Jay M.
Outposts on the Frontier: A Fifty-Year History of Space Stations (Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780803222922
- author:
- Chladek, Jay M.
- format:
- HardBack
- publisher:
- University of Nebraska Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 520
- Dimensions:
- 22.96 x 15.72 x 4.37 centimetres
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Technology, History
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
The largest man-made structure to orbit Earth, the International Space Station, has been conducting research for over a decade and a half. Yet it is only one of many space stations and laboratories that have flown in orbit since the early 1970s. The history of these earlier programs has been largely forgotten, overshadowed by other high-profile adventures. Outposts on the Frontier reveals the stories of the people, early attempts at space station programs, and the contributions of astronauts and engineers to the development of the ISS. It explores the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory, the Almaz and Salyut programs, Skylab, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Spacelab, Mir station, Spacehab, and the ISS. The book also sheds light on the influence of Vladimir Chelomei, the Russian designer whose significance in space station development is comparable to Sergei Korolev's in rocketry. This informative history of humankind's first outposts on the frontier of space provides a unique perspective on the development of space stations over the past fifty years.
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