Interkosmos

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This item is printed on demand - Print on Demand Titel. Neuware -This book focuses on the Interkosmos program, whichwas formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by theSoviet Union,in the study and exploration of space. Thechapters shed light on the space program that was at that time a prime outlet forthe Soviet Union's aims at becoming a world power.Interkosmoswas a highly publicized Russian space programthat rapidly became a significant propaganda tool for the SovietUnion in the waning years of communism. Billed as an international¿research-cosmonaut¿ imperative, it was also a high-profile means ofdisplaying solidarity with the nine participating Eastern bloc countries.Those countries contributed pilots who were trained in Moscow forweek-long ¿guest¿ missions on orbiting Salyut stations. They did a littlesubsidiary science and were permitted only the most basic mechanicalmaneuvers.In this enthralling new book, and following extensive internationalresearch, the authors fully explore the background, accomplishmentsand political legacy of the Interkosmos program. Through personal andoften highly revealing interviews with many of the participants theyrelate the very human story behind this extraordinary but controversialspace venture.Springer-Verlag KG, Sachsenplatz 4-6, 1201 Wien 336 pp. Englisch. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9783319241616

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Colin Burgess' first book ("The Diggers of Colditz") was published in 1985. Since that time he has had twenty-three non-fiction books published in Australia and overseas, which includes three co-authored books for Springer-Praxis.  With only a few exceptions, all of his published books within the last fifteen years have been on spaceflight.  Since 2003 Colin has been the series editor and sometimes author for the Outward Odyssey series of twelve books for the University of Nebraska Press (UNP). Two of his co-authored spaceflight books for this publisher, "Into That Silent Sea" and "In the Shadow of the Moon," were finalists for the 2007 Eugene M. Emme Award for Astronautical Literature, given by the American Astronomical Society.  "In the Shadow of the Moon" was also named as "2009 Outstanding Academic Title" by Choice Magazine.

Bert Vis has been following the manned space program since the first Apollo flight in 1968. In 1991 he was invited to visit the Yuriy Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in Russia for the first time at the invitation of one of the unflown cosmonauts. Since then, he has visited the GCTC once or twice per year and attended two launches at the Baykoinur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (in 1997 and 2011). Over the years, he has interviewed more than 100 cosmonauts, many of whom never had been interviewed before and some never were after that. Vis is the co-author of two previous books with Springer Praxis, "Russia's Cosmonauts" and "Energiya-Buran".