The Years Of Space Era

Translation of "Gody kosmicheskoy ery", Military Press, Moscow 1971. In this book, the author describes further conquests of space. He describes new space vehicles of the Soyuz type, the orbiting spaceship Salyut, and the Apollo spacecraft used to land a man on the Moon, as well as their construction and rocket motors, and the cabin lifesupport system. The author, a well-known aviation specialist, a Doctor of Technical Science, and a Colonel-General Engineer, has published a number of publications on aviation and space technology, including "Manned Spacecraft" and "Aviation on the Road to Space" in which he describes man's conquest of space in popular science terms. Space technology is developing vigorously, and long-lived vehicles of the Salyut type have been placed in orbit. Man has accomplished a landing on the lunar surface. In his new book, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Ponomarev describes further conquests of space. He describes new space vehicles of the Soyuz type, the orbiting spaceship Salyut, and the Apollo spacecraft used to land a man on the Moon, as well as their construction and rocket motors, and the cabin life-support system. The book is aimed at the reader interested in the development of space technology. THE YEARS OP THE SPACE ERA 1. BASIC DEFINITIONS. SPACE COMPLEX 2. LOADS ON A SPACE VEHICLE: SPACE VEHICLE AERODYNAMICS LOADS ACTING ON A SPACE VEHICLE 3. AERODYNAMIC HEATING AND THERMAL PROTECTION OF SPACECRAFT 4. NAVIGATION AND GUIDANCE SYSTEMS 5. SPACE VEHICLE ENGINES 6. HISTORY OF RUSSIAN ASTRONAUTICS 7. HISTORY OF ASTRONAUTICS ABROAD FLIGHTS OF THE MERCURY AND GEMINI SPACECRAFT 8. RE-USABLE SPACECRAFT. FLIGHTS TO OTHER PLANETS CONCLUSIONS