TY - BOOK ID - 78403275 TI - Outposts on the frontier AU - Chladek, Jay AU - Anderson, Clayton C PY - 2017 SN - 1496201086 149620106X 9781496201065 9781496201089 9780803222922 0803222920 9780803222922 9781496201072 1496201078 PB - Lincoln DB - UniCat KW - Space stations KW - Manned orbital laboratories KW - Manned space stations KW - Orbiting vehicles KW - Satellite vehicles KW - Space cars KW - Space laboratories KW - Artificial satellites KW - Astronautics KW - Space flight KW - Space ships KW - Space vehicles KW - Large space structures (Astronautics) KW - Space colonies KW - International cooperation. KW - International Space Station KW - ISS (International Space Station) KW - I.S.S. (International Space Station) KW - History. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78403275 AB - The International Space Station (ISS) is the largest man-made structure to orbit Earth and has been conducting research for close to a decade and a half. Yet it is only the latest in a long line of space stations and laboratories that have flown in orbit since the early 1970s. The histories of these earlier programs have been all but forgotten as the public focused on other, higher-profile adventures such as the Apollo moon landings. A vast trove of stories filled with excitement, danger, humor, sadness, failure, and success, Outposts on the Frontier reveals how the Soviets and the Americans combined strengths to build space stations over the past fifty years. At the heart of these scientific advances are people of both greatness and modesty. Jay Chladek documents the historical tapestry of the people, the early attempts at space station programs, and how astronauts and engineers have contributed to and shaped the ISS in surprising ways. He delves into the intriguing stories behind the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory, the Almaz and Salyut programs, Skylab, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Spacelab, Mir station, Spacehab, and the ISS, and gives past-due attention to Vladimir Chelomei, the Russian designer whose influence in space station development is as significant as Sergei Korolev's in rocketry. This is an informative and dynamic history of humankind's first outposts on the frontier of space. ER -