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| Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 (Springer-Praxis Books) (Springer Praxis Books: Space Exploration) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tim Furniss, David Shayler, Michael Shayler
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: £25.50
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 142137
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 836
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 0387341757
Dewey Decimal Number: 520
EAN: 9780387341750
ASIN: 0387341757
Publication Date: January 5, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: May be shiny, in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark. Ships from NY, USA. Your item should arrive in 15-30 days from date of shipment based on your location.
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 A comprehensive reference August 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is not a book you are likely to sit down and read cover to cover, but it is a detailed and comprehensive reference to every manned spaceflight. There are plenty of photos, (in place on the page for each flight, not bound into a separate chunk), but unlike the cover photos they concentrate mainly on the crew - fair enough for a book on the 'manned' part of manned space flight.
 Excellent data log on manned space missions January 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Excellent chronological logbook of orbital manned spaceflight. It covers the first manned Vostok-1 (Yuri Gagarin - 1961) to Soyuz TMA-09 (Int Space Station expedition 14 - 2006). The authors also included a photo depicting each crew or astronaut/cosmonaut for the single man/woman and X-15 space flights. There's a lot of information for each mission such as; Launch and landing site, duration, callsign, scientific objectives, etc... For the STS missions, info is included on SRB set and orbiter SSME.
Finally a worthy successor to the 1986 log by Tim Furniss but I would have preferred a Hardcover edition for a book one regularly consults. Anyway a must have for spaceflight enthusiasts.
Philip CORNEILLE
Belgium - Croatia
A must have January 12, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
An amazing publication: covers Vostok-1 (Gagarin) to Soyuz TMA-9. Tons of info for each flight: International designation; launched; Launch site; Landed; Landing site; Launch vehicle (for the shuttle you have the tank number, the SRB set and the SSME engines); Duration; Callsign; Objective; Flight Crew; Flight Log and finally Milestones. Also three chapters cover respectively: Reaching the heavens (access/method; Space flight methods/launch systems); The Quest for Space; The orbital programmes (Vostok, Mercury, Apollo, Shuttle, Salyut, Shenzhou etc..).
An outstand reference works for anybody who is interested in the history of spaceflight!
A must have on one's bookshelf.
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