Linking the Space Shuttle and Space Stations Early Docking Technologies from Concept to Implementation /

How could the newly authorized space shuttle help in the U.S. quest to build a large research station in Earth orbit? As a means of transporting goods, the shuttle could help supply the parts to the station. But how would the two entitles be physically linked? Docking technologies had to constantly...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Shayler, David J. (Author)
Corporate Author:	SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Series:	Springer Praxis Books
Subjects:	Popular works. Russia > History. Europe, Eastern > History. Technology. Engineering design. Aerospace engineering. Astronautics. 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.
Online Access:	Full Text via HEAL-Link

Table of 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.

Linking the Space Shuttle and Space Stations Early Docking Technologies from Concept to Implementation /

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