Название: Rocket And Space Corporation Energia
Под ред. Robert Godwin
Издательство: Collector's Guide Publishing
Год: 2007
ISBN: 1896522815
Формат: PDF
Размер: 13.9 MB MB
Язык: English
Страниц: 128
A small metal sphere weighing slightly more than 83 kilograms was placed into an elliptical orbit by the mighty R-7 rocket. It was perhaps one of the most significant moments in human history. The date was October 4th 1957 and the sphere was called Sputnik.
When the world's first artificial satellite sped across the night skies the impact was far-reaching and profound. The Political significance of the lift-capability of the R-7 rocket aroused the attentions of the West while irrevocably altering the face of human history. The story of the R-7 rocket and its many offspring is one which still remains a mystery in the West. Now in the post-Cold war era the remarkable accomplishments of the engineers of Rocket & Space Corporation Energia are finally reaching eager readers in the West. Published for the first time completely in English, Rocket & Space Corporation Energia features rare pictures and diagrams including:
Sputnik - Yuri Gagarin's Vostok capsule - the world's first Space Stations - the enormous lunar rocket N1 - Russia's interplanetary probes and the Buran shuttle.
