Leaving Earth : space stations, rival superpowers and the quest for interplanetary travel / Robert Zimmerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zimmerman, Robert, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space stations.

Outer space--Exploration.

Outer space.

Physical Description:

xiii, 528 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Joseph Henry, [2003]

Contents:

1. Skyscrapers in the Sky 1

2. Salyut: "I Wanted Him to Come Home." 19

3. Skylab: A Glorious Forgotten Triumph 48

4. The Early Salyuts: "The Prize of All People" 81

5. Salyut 6: The End of Isolation 114

6. Salyut 7: Phoenix in Space 163

7. Freedom: "You've Got to Put on Your Management Hat..." 207

8. Mir: A Year in Space 227

9. Mir: The Road to Capitalism 270

10. Mir: The Joys of Freedom 303

11. Mir: Almost Touching 326

12. Mir: Culture Shock 375

13. Mir: Spin City 416

14. International Space Station: Ships Passing in the Night 446

1. Salyut with approaching Soyuz 28

2. Skylab with docked Apollo spacecraft and Salyut for scale 52

3. Salyut 3 87

4. Salyut 4 with approaching Soyuz 93

5. Salyut 6 115

6. Salyut 7 with transport-support module 166

7. Mir core module 230

8. Mir core with Kvant 240

9. Mir, Kvant, Kvant-2 274

10. Mir, Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall 284

11. Mir, Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall, with Sofora, Strela, and docked Soyuz-TM and Progress-M 312

12. Mir, Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall, Spektr, with docked Soyuz-TM 385

13. Mir complete, with Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall, Spektr, Priroda, with docked Soyuz-TM and Progress-M 407

14. International Space Station, as of December 2002 450.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-508) and index.

ISBN:

0309085489

OCLC:

51965487