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EDITORIAL INFORMATION

From 1966 up to the present time the Soyuz spacecraft has carried all the hopes of Soviet and Russian human space operations. It has flown as an independent spacecraft in earth orbit, to the moon and as a ferry to Salyut and Mir space stations. It is also the primary rescue craft for the International Space Sttaion. In this book, Rex Hall and David Shayler chronicle the development of the craft in all its different manned and unmanned variants. This highly readable book draws on a variety of sources, pictures, drawings and detailed information from a wide range of Russian and Western archival material. Here is a history of a truly remarkable spacecraft, which continues to show the versatility necessary to span the first five decades of human exploration of space.

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GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

-Table of Contents.

-Foreword.

-Authors' Praface.

-Acknowledgements.

-List of Illustrations and Tables.

-Origins.

-Mission Hardware and Support.

-Docking Missions, 1966-70.

-The Soyuz Ferry, 1971-81.

-Progress, 1978-.

-Soyuz T, 1979-86.

-Soyuz TM, 1986-2002.

-Soyuz TMA, 2002.

-Conclusion.

-Biographies.

-Organisations.

-Bibliography.

-Index.