Vuelos espaciales URSS/Rusia: libros - historia y tecnología

The Soyuz Launch Vehicle - the Two Lives of an Engineering Triumph

El vehículo de lanzamiento Soyuz tiene una larga e ilustre historia. Construido como el primer misil intercontinental del mundo, llevó al primer hombre al espacio en abril de 1961, antes de convertirse en el caballo de batalla de los vuelos espaciales rusos, lanzando satélites, sondas interplanetarias, a todos los cosmonautas desde Gagarin en adelante y, ahora, a las tripulaciones multinacionales de la Estación Espacial Internacional.

Este extraordinario libro ofrece una descripción completa y precisa de las dos vidas de la Soyuz, narrando la colaboración espacial entre Europa y Rusia.
En primer lugar, nos remonta a los inicios de la astronáutica, cuando la tecnología estaba al servicio de la política. A partir de archivos hallados en la Unión Soviética, los autores describen la dificultad de diseñar un cohete en el período inmediatamente posterior a la guerra.
Posteriormente, en la época dorada de la Soyuz, se lanzaron numerosas misiones científicas y vuelos tripulados que fueron publicitados en todo el mundo, mientras que las muchas más numerosas misiones militares se mantuvieron en estricto secreto.

La segunda parte del libro narra la historia contemporánea de la segunda vida de la Soyuz, recopilada a partir de fuentes occidentales y entrevistas con protagonistas clave. Aborda el delicado tema de las decisiones estratégicas que llevaron al establecimiento de la Soyuz en la Guayana Francesa, describiendo el papel de algunos visionarios en Rusia y Europa que decidieron dejar atrás su aislamiento y unir a la Soyuz y la Ariane.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Christian Lardier, Stefan Barensky
Presentación:	512 páginas, 24 x 17 x 1.9 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	122 fotos en b/n y 111 a color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer-Verlag New York Inc. (USA, 2013)
ISBN:	9781461454588

Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration

Se sabe poco sobre la exploración lunar soviética y rusa, aunque, de hecho, la Unión Soviética/Rusia:
- Enviaron las primeras naves espaciales que pasaron cerca de la Luna, las primeras en impactarla y las primeras en orbitarla.
- Fue el primero en aterrizar suavemente en la Luna y orbitarla.
Fue el primero en enviar una nave espacial alrededor de la Luna y recuperarla en la Tierra.
- Estuvieron a punto de enviar primero a un cosmonauta alrededor de la Luna.
- Se construyó y probó con éxito, en órbita terrestre, un módulo de aterrizaje lunar.
- Fueron pioneros en reentradas sofisticadas, precisas y de alta velocidad a la atmósfera terrestre.
- Estuvo a punto de perfeccionar un cohete lunar gigante, el N-1
- Se recuperaron tres conjuntos de muestras de rocas de la Luna mediante una nave espacial automática.
- Aterrizaron laboratorios móviles avanzados que exploraron la luna durante meses, recorriendo 48 km.
- Diseñaron bases lunares de larga duración.
Estos fueron logros extraordinarios que requirieron un considerable nivel de sofisticación ingenieril y ocupan un lugar destacado en la historia contemporánea de la astronáutica. Los recientes alunizajes en Marte utilizan, esencialmente, las mismas técnicas desarrolladas por Rusia para aterrizar y explorar la Luna en las décadas de 1960 y 1970.

Como experto reconocido y autor de varios libros sobre el programa espacial soviético y ruso, Brian Harvey es la persona idónea para abordar no solo el aspecto científico y de ingeniería, sino también las historias humanas del programa lunar soviético y ruso. Estas incluyen las del escuadrón de cosmonautas que se entrenó para aterrizar en la Luna, pero que fue disuelto, y las de los diseñadores que intentaron hacer realidad el sueño de una Luna rusa, desde Tikhonravov hasta Mishin: el programa lunar soviético fue propuesto por primera vez por el diseñador Mikhail Tikhonravov en una revista infantil en 1951, y convenció a la escéptica dirección soviética del valor de un programa lunar.
Tras el lanzamiento del Sputnik, los primeros vuelos lunares lograron rápidamente los objetivos clave de alcanzar, orbitar y fotografiar la Luna en 1959. La Unión Soviética consiguió todos los primeros hitos en la exploración lunar, como el alunizaje suave y la órbita lunar, y Brian Harvey relatará los frenéticos esfuerzos por rivalizar con el programa Apolo de Estados Unidos y las dramáticas horas del 21 de julio de 1969, cuando Rusia intentó realizar un alunizaje suave de la Luna 15 en el Mar de las Crisis, mientras Armstrong y Aldrin exploraban la Luna en el cercano Mar de la Tranquilidad.

Contenido: Orígenes del programa lunar soviético - Las primeras sondas lunares - Planificación del alunizaje - Los módulos de aterrizaje y orbitadores - Los primeros cosmonautas a la Luna - Alrededor de la Luna - Muestreadores, vehículos exploradores y orbitadores - Regreso a la Luna - Lista de todas las sondas lunares soviéticas (y misiones relacionadas) - Nota bibliográfica y bibliografía.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Brian Harvey, David J. Shayler
Presentación:	340 páginas, 24.5 x 17 x 1.8 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	124 ilustraciones b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer-Verlag New York Inc. (USA, 2006)
ISBN:	9780387218960

Energiya-Buran : The Soviet Space Shuttle

This absorbing book describes the long development of the Soviet space shuttle system, its infrastructure and the space agency's plans to follow up the first historic unmanned mission.
The book includes comparisons with the American shuttle system and offers accounts of the Soviet test pilots chosen for training to fly the system, and the operational, political and engineering problems that finally sealed the fate of Buran and ultimately of NASA's Shuttle fleet.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Bart Hendrickx, Bert Vis
Presentación:	552 páginas, 24 x 17 x 2.9 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	170 fotos en b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer-Verlag New York Inc. (USA, 2007)
ISBN:	9780387698489

Interkosmos : The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program

This book focuses on the Interkosmos program, which was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, in the study and exploration of space.
The chapters shed light on the space program that was at that time a prime outlet for the Soviet Union's aims at becoming a world power. Interkosmos was a highly publicized Russian space program that rapidly became a significant propaganda tool for the Soviet Union in the waning years of communism.

Billed as an international "research-cosmonaut" imperative, it was also a high-profile means of displaying solidarity with the nine participating Eastern bloc countries. Those countries contributed pilots who were trained in Moscow for week-long "guest" missions on orbiting Salyut stations. They did a little subsidiary science and were permitted only the most basic mechanical maneuvers.

In this enthralling book, and following extensive international research, the authors fully explore the background, accomplishments and political legacy of the Interkosmos program.
Through personal and often highly revealing interviews with many of the participants they relate the very human story behind this extraordinary but controversial space venture.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Bert Vis, Colin Burgess
Presentación:	321 páginas, 24.5 x 17.5 x 1.4 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	110 fotos en b/n y 147 a color
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer International Publishing AG (CH, 2015)
ISBN:	9783319241616

Russian Space Probes - Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions

The Soviet Union began the exploration of space with the launch of Sputnik in 1957, well over 50 years ago, and sent the first probes to the moon, Mars, and Venus. Less well known is what these probes actually found out. What were the discoveries of Russian space science? What new discoveries may we expect in the future? Who were Russia's most important scientists?

Russian Space Probes gives for the first time the definitive history of Soviet-Russian space science, and is the first book to assess the actual achievements of the Russian space program in furthering our knowledge of the Solar System.

Among other projects covered are missions such as Elektron, which mapped the Earth's radiation belts; the astrophysical observatories Astron, Kuant, Gamma, and Granat; Proton, which trapped cosmic rays; Prognoz, which measured solar radiation; and the Interball, Aktivny, APEX and Magion missions in which satellites chased each other in the Earth's magnetic tail.

The final part of the book examines the future of Russian space science and looks at planned new missions, such as the Spektr series of space observatories, and return flights to the moon and Mars, including sampling of Phobos.

Contents:
1. Early space science
2. Deepening our understanding
3. Revealing the Moon
4. Unveiling Venus
5. The path to Mars
6. Orbiting space stations
7. Later Soviet space science: the observatories
8. Perspectives, past and future

Annexe: Summary of Soviet and Russian space science missions
Bibliography
Index

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Brian Harvey, Olga Zakutnyaya
Presentación:	514 páginas, 24 x 17 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	149 fotos en b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer-Verlag New York Inc. (USA, 2011)
ISBN:	9781441981493

Russian Space Suits

A unique contribution to space science. The authors, part of the original Zveda team that manufactured spacesuits for the first Russian space flights, still play an integral role in spacesuit research and development. Thus there is no-one better to describe the technical innovations of the past 40 years, which enabled Gagarin's first flight in 1961, the first space walk in 1965 and the Mir missions of the 1980s and 1990s, and which have culminated in today¹s International Space Station.

The authors also describe how the political climate within the Soviet Union and internationally has affected the development of the space programme and their work.
Many documents are published for the first time that, together with photographs, detailed descriptions of the events of the time and the authors' personal memories, provide a fascinating review of a previously unknown aspect of space science.

Contents:
- Introduction and background
- How full pressure spacesuits came about. Time period preceding the space mission era
- The Vostok era
- Spacesuit and equipment for the world's first EVA
- EVA suit for the Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 missions
- Spacesuits for the Soviet Moon programme
- SOKOL-K and SOKOL-KV-2 rescue suits for Soyuz
- Orbit-based spacesuits of the ORLAN type
- Equipment for the Cosmonaut Transference and Manoeuvring Unit (UPMK)
- Buran reusable space system
- Evolution of the European EVA spacesuit
- Human physiological aspects in designing the EVA spacesuit
- Potential projects on planetary suits for the Moon and Mars
- Who's who in Soviet/Russian spacesuit technology
- Russian spacesuit artefacts.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Isaak P. Abramov, As. Ingemar Skoog
Presentación:	400 páginas, 24.5 x 17 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ilustrado
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer London Ltd (GB, 2003)
ISBN:	9781852337322

Salyut - The First Space Station - Triumph and Tragedy

This remarkable book offers a unique insight into the people involved in the development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to operate it. It describes the rotation between the crews, analyses the decision to send the back-up crew on Soyuz 11 and recounts the intrigues and difficult relationships between all the personalities involved - politicians, CKBEM managers, designers, generals and cosmonauts.

Biographies of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts are published for the first time in English and the longest manned space mission of the time is described before Grujica Ivanovich gives a unique summary of the most tragic day in the Soviet / Russian manned space program. An investigation into the cause of the tragic deaths of the Soyuz 11 cosmonauts precedes a description of the post-Salyut era, showing how the legacy of the first space station has survived for decades.

Contents: From Almaz to Salyut - DO -1 crews - Salyut in space - The drama of the Granites - Mutiny at the cosmodrome - Dobrovolskiy, Volkov and Patsayev - Home in orbit - Science and conflicts - The fire - Drawing away from the station - Cosmonauts dead on landing - Farewell - Thirteen seconds to eternity - The fall of the Chief Designer - Memories.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Grujica S. Ivanovich
Presentación:	454 páginas, 24.5 x 17 x 2.8 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	103 ilustraciones b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer-Verlag New York Inc. (USA, 2008)
ISBN:	9780387735856

Soyuz - A Universal Spacecraft

In "Soyuz: A Universal Spacecraft", authors Rex Hall and Dave Shayler review the development and operations of the Soyuz family of spacecraft. This includes the lesser-known military and unmanned versions of this reliable spacecraft.
While most works on Soviet / Russian space operations focus on space station activities, the story of the Soyuz spacecraft has been largely neglected. An integral element of Salyut and Mir space station operations, the small ferry has been the mainstay of cosmonaut transportation since 1967. In addition, since 1978 the unmanned freighter version called Progress has provided a means in which to regularly re-supply a space station and so prolong its orbital lifetime.

Using authentic Soviet and Russian sources this book is the first known work in the west dedicated to revealing the full story of the Soyuz series, including a complete listing of vehicle production numbers.

Contents: Foreword - Author's Introduction - Preface: Into Space on Soyuz - Origins - Early Soyuz - First Flights - The Lunar Adventure - Return to Flight - Soyuz to Salyut - Solo Soyuz - Person Upgrade - Space Freighter - Soyuz for ISS - Cosmonaut Training - Unmanned Applications - Appendices - Glossary - References - Bibliography - Index.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Rex Hall, David Shayler
Presentación:	459 páginas, 25 x 18 x 2.6 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ilustrado
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer London Ltd (GB, 2003)
ISBN:	9781852336578

The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team - Their lives, legacy, and historical impact

During the first months of 1960, with the United States and the USSR engaged in plans to launch the first manned spacecraft, twenty young Soviet Air Force officers reported for duty at a top secret training facility just outside Moscow. From among these cosmonaut candidates would emerge the first person to fly into space - Yuri Gagarin.

Eventually twelve of these cosmonauts realized their dream of flying missions into space, but the other eight fell by the wayside. A quarter of a century would pass before the world learned the identities of these eight men, whose names were kept a closely guarded secret and were bypassed in spaceflight history.

Now, for the first time, the full facts and biographical details are revealed for all twenty Soviet pilots in that first cosmonaut group - men given the unparalleled chance to create history, but who lived (and sometimes died) in a State-enforced Cold War anonymity.

Contents: Foreword by Alexei Leonov - Authors' preface - About the authors - Acknowledgements - List of figures - List of abbreviations and acronyms - Sparking the Space Age - A few good Soviet men - Russia 's future spacemen - Training days - Selecting the first cosmonaut - "Poyekhali!": A man in space - Vostok flights continue - The "missing" cosmonauts: Rumour and reality - First woman of space - A tragedy, and Gagarin 's final flight - Pushing the limits - Orbits of co-operation and the end of an era.

Appendices: A Biographies in brief - B Final cosmonaut candidates - C The first cosmonaut team (TsPK-1) - D Guide to flight and programme assignments - E Parachute jumps completed by Valentin Filatyev, 1960 - 1963 - F Space flights by Group 1 cosmonauts - G Cumulative time in space - H Highest honour: Hero of the Soviet Union - Index.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Colin Burgess, Rex Hall
Presentación:	400 páginas, 24.5 x 17 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	170 fotos en b/n
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer-Verlag New York Inc. (USA, 2008)
ISBN:	9780387848235

The Rocket Men : Vostok and Voskhod, the First Soviet Manned Spaceflights

In four short years from 1961, the first manned orbiting space vehicle ­ Vostok ­ went into orbit, the first spacecraft piloted by a woman was launched, and the first man stepped outside his orbiting spaceship. All these milestone events were achieved by the USSR.
At the height of the Cold War in the early 1960s, the USSR dominated the 'space race' that would ultimately become a race to land a man on the Moon.

How did the Soviet Union get such a head-start on the USA? In The Rocket Men, Rex Hall and David Shayler chronicle the rise of the Soviet space program, from its early beginnings to the development of the huge launch complex that is still in use today.
This detailed yet highly readable book draws on recently released archive information and features photographs, from people who lived and worked in Star City, never before seen in the West.

Here is the definitive book about a time when Russia was supreme in space!

Contents:
- First dreams, theories and pioneers
- First launcher, pad and satellites
- First spacecraft and first cosmonauts
- First man and first day
- First group flights and first woman
- First crew and first EVA
- The legacy
- Conclusion
- Appendix

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Rex Hall, David Shayler
Presentación:	358 páginas, 23.5 x 15.5 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	ilustrado
Idioma:	Inglés
Editorial:	Springer London Ltd (GB, 2001)
ISBN:	9781852333911

Moskaus Mondprogramm (Raumfahrt-Bibliothek)

The Soviet plans to reach the moon were ultimately the starting signal for the competition between the two superpowers for supremacy in space. Soviet probes reached the moon with much media attention.
The USSR attempted to complete the rest of the program in complete secrecy, so that it could then announce the manned landing with a bang.

Páginas del libro "Moskaus Mondprogramm"

The fact that this did not succeed is history. But the exciting path to it, the daring attempts and spectacular failures - only a few people know about it. Eugen Reichl sheds light on the USSR's path to the moon with the help of exciting information and pictures. A must for every space enthusiast!

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Eugen Reichl
Presentación:	144 páginas, 20.5 x 14 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	17 fotos en b/n y 73 a color
Idioma:	Alemán
Editorial:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2017)
Colección:	Raumfahrt-Bibliothek
ISBN:	9783613040274

Projekt Sputnik - Der Aufbruch ins All (Raumfahrt-Bibliothek)

"Sputnik" was the name of the first satellite that was successfully launched into Earth orbit; it was followed by nine more satellites of the same name.
On October 4 1957, the Soviet Union launched the spherical Sputnik 1 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch sent the Western world into a panic, because it put the Soviet Union ahead in the race for supremacy in space.
An exciting piece of contemporary and technical history. Eberhardt Rödel is a specialist in the history of Russian space travel.

Detalle del libro

Autor:	Eberhard Rödel
Presentación:	128 páginas, 20.5 x 14 cm, tapa blanda
Ilustración:	140 fotos en b/n y color
Idioma:	Alemán
Editorial:	Motorbuch Verlag (D, 2014)
Colección:	Raumfahrt-Bibliothek
ISBN:	9783613037199