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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Now, for the first time, here is a comprehensive and highly readable account of the creation of the International Space Station. Beginning with a review of the operations that led up to the construction of the ISS - Skylab, Salyut, Mir and the Shuttle - the authors then describe the collaboration between the great space nations that led to the design and building of the ISS. A flight-by-flight description of its orbital assembly conveys the magnitude of the task. Finally, there is a look ahead to the future of the ISS and the possibility of a dream coming true - colonies in space.

(Extracted from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Table of Contents.

-List of Illustrations.

-List of Tables.

-Authors' Preface.

-Acknowledgements.

-1. Apollo Applications.

-2. The World's First Space Station.

-3. Skylab.

-4. NASA's Next Logical Step.

-5. Success with Salyut.

-6. Reagan's Go-ahead.

-7. Salyut 7's Jinx.

-8. "Space Station Freedom".

-9. Mir.

-10. An International Space Station.

-11. Shuttle-Mir.

-12. Building Hardware.

-13. Orbital Assembly.

-Postcript.

-Acronyms.

-Appendix 1: Launch Vehicles. 

-Appendix 2: ISS Hardware.

-Index.