This comprehensive history of the Russian Soviet space programme, from its origins to the present, addresses the technical, political, historical, human and organisational issues and provides a balanced focus on manned and unmanned programmes. It is the first book to access the Russian space programme over the ten-year period since the fall of communism and provide an historical and contemporary treatment.
ISBN: | 9781852332037 |
Publication date: | 21st December 2000 |
Author: | Brian Harvey |
Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer London |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 330 pages |
Series: | Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences |
Genres: |
Astronomy, space and time Astrophysics Astronomical observation: observatories, equipment and methods |