Voices of the Soviet space program : cosmonauts, soldiers, and engineers who took the USSR into space / by Slava Gerovitch.

Author
Gerovitch, Slava [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2014]
Description
xiv, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

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    Getty AAT genre
    Series
    Palgrave studies in the history of science and technology [More in this series]
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Language note
    Interviews translated from Russian.
    Contents
    • Introduction: Multiple perspectives on Soviet space history
    • Commanding officer Abram Krayzman
    • Construction engineer Sergey Safro
    • Engine designer Anatoliy Daron
    • Guidance engineer Sergei Khrushchev
    • Control engineer Georgiy Priss
    • Radio engineer Felix Meschansky
    • Display designer Yuriy Tyapchenko
    • Computer designer Viktor Przhiyalkovskiy
    • "Cosmonaut 13": Vladiir Shatalov
    • Test cosmonaut Mikhail Burdayev
    • Scientist cosmonaut Ordinard Kolomiytsev
    • "Second backup": Valentina Ponomareva
    • Stress psychiatrist Ada Ordyanskaya.
    ISBN
    • 9781137481788 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 1137481781 ((hardback ; : alk. paper))
    • 113748179X
    • 9781137481795
    • 1349502960
    • 9781349502967
    LCCN
    2014024994
    OCLC
    881824301
    Other standard number
    • 40024466909
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