Linking the space shuttle and space stations : early docking technologies from concept to implementation /: early docking technologies from concept to implementation. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David J. Shayler.
• Authors: Shayler, David, 1955-
• Contents: Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Dedication -- Prologue -- Chapter 1 The Space Shuttle and the Space Station -- Chapter 2 Shuttle and Salyut: A Lost Opportunity -- Chapter 3 The Price of Freedom -- Chapter 4 Putting It All Together -- Chapter 5 The Human Element -- Chapter 6 Getting There -- Chapter 7 Shuttle-Mir 1994-1998 -- Chapter 8 The Docked Phase -- Chapter 9 Crew Transfers and Loadmasters -- Chapter 10 Getting Back -- Closing Comments -- Afterword -- Abbreviations -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- About the Author.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland Chichester, UK : Springer Published in association with Praxis Publishing
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 609.47/4; Popular works; Orbital rendezvous (Space flight); Space vehicles -- Docking; Space vehicles -- Automatic control; Astronautics; Astrophysics; Engineering design; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- History; Orbital rendezvous (Space flight); Space vehicles -- Automatic control; Space vehicles -- Docking; Technology & Engineering -- Aeronautics & Astronautics; Science -- Astrophysics & Space Science; Technology & Engineering -- Industrial Design -- Product; History -- Europe -- Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Aerospace & aviation technology; Astronautics; Technical design; Regional & national history; Technology & Engineering -- General; Popular science; Popular Science; Popular Science in Technology; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics); Engineering Design; Russian, Soviet, and East European History; Electronic books; Electronic book
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319497693; 3319497693; 3319497685; 9783319497686
• Related ISBNs: 9783319497686
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 05, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.