Russian - Soviet Spaceflight and the Mir Space Station

by World Spaceflight News

This unique electronic book on CD-ROM has an outstanding collection of the finest documents available about the fascinating history of the space program of the Soviet Union and Russia, including the Mir Space Station and the recently concluded Shuttle Mir Phase 1 program. Exclusive reproductions of major NASA and Congressional documents provide nearly 4000 pages of invaluable technical material, with over 550 images, line drawings, and schematics of satellites, rockets, and launch facilities, and 200 tables and charts! The history of the program is chronicled in six superb Congressional Research Service reports to Congress, spanning the period from Sputnik to the late 1980s. The early reports were authored by a renowned Soviet space expert, the late Dr. Charles S. Sheldon. NASA documents provide a complete review of the Mir cooperative program, along with the training manual developed by the Johnson Space Center for the Mir complex. Several documents cover the historic 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. As another title in the World Spaceflight News American Space Encyclopedia CD-ROM series, it is truly an authoritative source for spaceflight enthusiasts!

3850 pages, CD-ROM

First published March 22, 2000