Korolev
Autor James Harforden Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 mar 1999
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780471327219
ISBN-10: 0471327212
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Ediția:Revised edition
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
ISBN-10: 0471327212
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Ediția:Revised edition
Editura: Wiley
Locul publicării:Hoboken, United States
Public țintă
Space Buffs, Readers interested in science and technology, as well as the former Soviet Union.Notă biografică
JAMES HARFORD, Executive Director Emeritus of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Washington, D.C., has been involved in aerospace for over 40 years, and was a Verville Fellow at the National Air and Space Museum. Mr. Harford lives in Princeton, New Jersey.
Cuprins
Preface ix
A Note about Russian Names xvi
Abbreviations xvii
Prologue The Anonymous Chief Designer 1
Chapter
1 Kibalchich to Korolev 8
2 Growing Up in Ukraine: Broken Family, Bolsheviks, Gliders 16
3 To Moscow: Tupolev, Tukhachevsky, First Rockets 29
4 The Gulag and Sharaga Years 49
5 The German V-2: Bedrock Technology 64
6 The World's First ICBM: Aimed at the USA 91
7 Sputnik: No Big Deal to Khrushchev-At First 121
8 Unmanned Firsts: Hitting the Moon and Venus 139
9 Gagarin First, Shepard an Anti-climactic Second 159
10 Voskhod: A "Circus Act" 180
11 Spy Sats and Com Sats 190
12 The Organization: Korolev Up and Down 201
13 The Technology: Simple but Reliable 219
14 The Party, the Paranoia 230
15 Racing Apollo: The Odds Were Enormous 246
16 The End of Anonymity: Burial in the Kremlin Wall 276
17 After Korolev: Demise of the Circumlunar and Lunar Landing Missions 286
18 Ironic Epilogue 313
Appendix A Chronology of the Moon Race, 1957-1974 324
Notes 340
Bibliography 372
Index 377
A Note about Russian Names xvi
Abbreviations xvii
Prologue The Anonymous Chief Designer 1
Chapter
1 Kibalchich to Korolev 8
2 Growing Up in Ukraine: Broken Family, Bolsheviks, Gliders 16
3 To Moscow: Tupolev, Tukhachevsky, First Rockets 29
4 The Gulag and Sharaga Years 49
5 The German V-2: Bedrock Technology 64
6 The World's First ICBM: Aimed at the USA 91
7 Sputnik: No Big Deal to Khrushchev-At First 121
8 Unmanned Firsts: Hitting the Moon and Venus 139
9 Gagarin First, Shepard an Anti-climactic Second 159
10 Voskhod: A "Circus Act" 180
11 Spy Sats and Com Sats 190
12 The Organization: Korolev Up and Down 201
13 The Technology: Simple but Reliable 219
14 The Party, the Paranoia 230
15 Racing Apollo: The Odds Were Enormous 246
16 The End of Anonymity: Burial in the Kremlin Wall 276
17 After Korolev: Demise of the Circumlunar and Lunar Landing Missions 286
18 Ironic Epilogue 313
Appendix A Chronology of the Moon Race, 1957-1974 324
Notes 340
Bibliography 372
Index 377