The Complete Book of Spacecraft

Auteur

Michael H. Gorn served formerly as deputy Air Force historian and as chief historian of the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center. He earned a doctorate in history from the University of Southern California. Gorn is the author of more than a dozen books, including NASA’s Forgotten Genius: Hugh L. Dryden and the Foundations of the American Space Program, and he has been featured in interviews on BBC, History, and the Discovery Channel. He is a recipient of the AIAA’s Gardner-Lasser Aerospace History Award for Expanding the Envelope: Flight Research at the NACA and NASA. Giuseppe De Chiara is an accomplished aerospace professional who began his career as a designer of Parabolic Flights facilities. He later was assigned to the ISS program as a training expert and operations leader. In 2003, De Chiara began a second career as a professional aerospace illustrator, with his work appearing in several books and publications. De Chiara lives in Caserta, Italy. Born in Italy, Davide was captivated by flying machines from an young age. His passion for astronautics motivated him to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in aerospace engineering from the Polytechnic of Turin. In 2009, Davide relocated to the United Kingdom where he has held various roles in the civil aviation industry, including positions with airlines and aircraft manufacturers. He began his writing career in 2013, regularly publishing books on space-exploration technologies.  

Contenu

Introduction 
    
I. The First Space Program, 1957-1977
 
Prologue      
 
 Capsules
 1.  Mercury                                                        
 2.  Gemini                                                          
 3.  Apollo                                                          
 4. Vostok 3K                                                     
 5. Voskhod 3KV                                              
 6. Voskhod 3KD                                              
 7. Progress 7K-TG                                            
 8. Sever 5K                                                        
 9. Soyuz A 7K                                                   

10. Soyuz 7K-OK                                               
11. Soyuz 7K-OKS                                             
12. Soyuz 7K-L1                                                
13. Soyuz 7K-LOK                                             
14. Soyuz 7K-T                                                   
15. Soyuz 7K-M/ASTP
16. Mengzhou
17. Gaganyaan
18. Soyuz development
19. Starliner                                     
     
    Spaceplanes                                        
20. X-15                                                              
21. MiG 105-11  
22. Dream Chaser                                             
       
    Landers
23. LK                                                                   
24. Lunokhod 1-2 Rovers                               
     
    Stations
25. Skylab                                                        
26. Apollo-Soyuz Test Project                       
27. Salyut 1, (DOS 1, 2)                                   
28. Salyut 2, 3, 5 (OPS 1, 2, 3)            
29. Salyut 4 (DOS 3, 4)    
30. Cygnus
31. Chinese Space Station 
                                 
    Rockets
32. Viking                                                           
33. Redstone                                                    
34. Mercury-Atlas                                            
35. Agena                                                         
36. Centaur                                                       
37. Gemini-Titan II                                            
38. Saturn IB                                                      
39.  Saturn V     &#1…