Russian spacesuits
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Russian spacesuits
（Springer-Praxis series in space science and technology）
Springer, c2003
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"Published in association with Praxis Publishing, Chichester, UK."
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Description
This is the very first 'inside story' of a key part of the Soviet manned space programme, detailing the development of Soviet/Russian spacesuits. The authors, as participants in the programme, provide details of events, previously unknown in the West, including their technical development. These space suits were an important part of the many Soviet firsts in the space race - Yuri Gagarin's flight, Valentina Tereskova, the first woman in space, the first space walk by Alexei Leonov, and the first transfer on orbit from one spacecraft to another.
All previous books on Soviet manned space flights focus on the spacecraft and cosmonaut teams. This book provides a total overview of the successful Soviet/Russian development of space suits and subsequent space walks from Vostok to MIR and ISS.
Table of Contents
Preface.- Introduction and Background.- How Space Full Pressure Suits Came About.- Time Period Preceding The Space Mission Era.- The Vostok Era.- The First Eva Suit.- EVA Suit for the Soyuz-4 and Soyuz-5 Mission.- The Space Suit for the USSR Manned Lunar Programme.- The Sojus IVA Programme.- The Salyut/Mir EVA Suits.- The EVA Space Suit Evolution.- The Buran Programme.- The Human Physiological Aspects of EVA.- Future Lunar and Mars Concepts.- The People Behind the Soviet/Russian Spacesuits.- Annexes.
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