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Inside the Yuri Gagarin Training Center
There is no competition since this is the first book in the English language on cosmonaut selection and training Offers a unique and original discussi...
This book provides unique access to the story of how scientists were accepted into the American Space Programme, and reveals how, after four difficult...
* This is the only book that provides the full story of the role of women in space exploration. * Previously unpublished photographs of various aspect...
First Steps on a New Planet
MARSWALK ONE: First Steps on a New Planet addresses the question of why we should embark on a journey to Mars, documenting what the first human crew w...
The Lost and Forgotten Missions
The structure of Apollo - The Lost and Forgotten Missions follows the development and in flight testing of the Apollo lunar spacecraft prior to Apollo...
Vostok & Voskhod. The First Soviet Manned Spaceflights
This book is the first known work in the west dedicated to revealing the full story of the Vostok space missions, and the first fledgling steps off ou...
Here, Dave Shayler examines the hurdles faced by space crews as they prepare and embark on space missions. Divided into six parts, the text opens with...
America's Space Station
Between May 1973 and February 1974 three teams of astronauts increased the American space endurance record from 14 days, set in 1965, to three months ...
Ensuring the Safety of Manned Spacecraft
Looks forward to the completion of the ISS, possibility of return to the moon, manned flights to Mars, and the prospect of safety and rescue far beyon...
In Gemini - Steps to the Moon, David Shayler, the author, tells the story of the origin and development of the programme and the spacecraft from the p...
This flagship work charts a complete chronological log of orbital manned spaceflight. Included are the X-15 "astroflights" of the 1960s, and the two 1...