Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight

by David J. Shayler

Book Overview

In Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight, David Shayler examines the challenges that face all crews as they prepare and execute their missions. The book covers all aspects that make up spaceflight by a human crew - training, launch to space, survival in space and return from space - followed by a series of case histories which tell of the major incidents in each of those categories over the past 40 years. The sixth section looks at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1852332255
• ISBN13: 9781852332259
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.0" x 9.9"