Title Interkosmos : The Eastern Bloc's Early Space Program Author(s) Burgess, Colin;Vis, Bert Publication Cham, Springer International Publishing, 2016. Description XIII, 321 p. 257 illus., 147 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This book focuses on the Interkosmos program, which??was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the??Soviet Union,??in the study and exploration of space. The??chapters shed light on the space program that was at that time a prime outlet for??the Soviet Union's aims at becoming a world power. Interkosmos??was a highly publicized Russian space program??that rapidly became a significant propaganda tool for the Soviet??Union in the waning years of communism. Billed as an international?????research-cosmonaut??? imperative, it was also a high-profile means of??displaying solidarity with the nine participating Eastern bloc countries.??Those countries contributed pilots who were trained in Moscow for??week-long ???guest??? missions on orbiting Salyut stations. They did a little??subsidiary science and were permitted only the most basic mechanical??maneuvers. In this enthralling new book, and following extensive international??research, the authors fully explore the background, accomplishments??and political legacy of the Interkosmos program. Through personal and??often highly revealing interviews with many of the participants they??relate the very human story behind this extraordinary but controversial??space venture ISBN,Price 9783319241630 Keyword(s) 1. Aerospace engineering 2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics 3. ASTRONAUTICS 4. ASTRONOMY 5. EBOOK 6. EBOOK - SPRINGER 7. HISTORY 8. HISTORY OF SCIENCE 9. Popular Science in Astronomy 10. SPACE SCIENCES 11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I10376     On Shelf