Russian space probes
Subtitle: scientific discoveries and future missions
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York : USA
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 514
ISBN-13: 9781441981493
Table of contents: title: Early space science. Space science by balloon -- Scientific flights into the atmosphere: the Akademik series -- Scientific test flights with animals -- The idea of a scientific Earth satellite -- Scientific objectives of the first Earth satellites -- Key people -- Instead, Prosteishy Sputnik -- PS 2 -- Object D: the first large scientific satellite in orbit -- Early space science: what was learned? -- References -- Deepening our understanding. Following Sputnik: the MS series -- Cosmos 5 and Starfish: introducing Yuri Galperin -- Following Sputnik: Elektron -- Elektron feast -- Introducing the Cosmos program -- Dnepropetrovsky Sputnik (DS) -- DS-U series -- Molecular oscillator in orbit / The great hunt for anti-matter -- First astronomy and heliophysical missions -- New geomagnetic map -- Supplementary science -- Nauka modules -- Application satellites with scientific instruments -- The third radiation belt -- Intercosmos -- Intercosmos solar missions -- Intercosmos ionospheric missions -- Intercosmos charged particle missions -- Ionosfernaya Stantsiya and the Galperin missions -- Proton: elusive cosmic rays -- Specialized scientific missions: Energiya and Efir -- Solar observatories: Prognoz -- Relikt and Intershock -- Early Soviet space science: what was learned? -- References -- Russian-language references-- Revealing the Moon. First Cosmic Ship: discovery of the solar wind -- Second Cosmic Ship: the lunar environment -- Mapping the far side of the Moon -- Soft-landing on the Moon -- Orbiting the Moon -- Mapping the Moon in detail: Luna and Zond -- Recovering lunar samples -- Luna 20: into the lunar highlands -- Luna 24: the long view -- Roving the Moon -- Lunokhod 2: along the rim of Le Monnier -- Revealing the Moon: what was learned? -- References -- Russian-language references -- Unveiling Venus. First Venus probes -- At last, signals from Venus -- Descent into the clouds -- At last, the surface of Venus -- Photographing the surface -- Strange atmosphere -- Chemical laboratory on the surface -- Mapping the surface of Venus -- Balloons into the atmosphere -- Finally, to Halley -- Unveiling Venus: what was learned?-- References -- The path to Mars. First Mars mission: Mars 1 -- The orbital science missions of Mars 2 and 3 -- Descent through Mars's atmosphere -- Orbital science: observations from Mars 5 -- Meeting with Phobos -- Science from Phobos -- Phobos postscript -- The path to Mars: what was learned? -- References -- Orbiting space stations. Beginnings of space biology: Korabl Sputnik -- Space biology by cosmonauts -- Hitting the first walls of space biology: Cosmos 110 -- Space biology's lunar journey: the flight of the tortoises -- Soyuz as a platform for space science -- Weightlessness: a warning -- Salyut orbiting station -- Salyut science -- Solo Soyuz science -- Salyut 3 science -- Salyut 4 science -- Salyut 5 science: materials processing plant on orbit -- Salyut 6 science -- Salyut 7 science -- Mir science -- International Space Station (ISS) science -- Orbiting space stations: what was learned? -- References -- Later Soviet space science: the observatories. Astronomical science: Astron, Kvant, Granat, and Gamma -- Great observatories: Astron -- Great observatories: Kvant -- Granat and the great annihilator -- The last great observatory: Gamma -- Integral: the great attractor -- Intercosmos: introducing the second phase -- The Ellipse and Magik missions -- The Ionozond missions -- The Priroda and Bulgaria 1300 missions -- The Aktivny and APEX missions -- The Oval mission -- Aureole 3 -- The search for fireballs: Prognoz M (Interball) -- Interball: the magnetosphere remodeled -- Atmospheric science from sounding rockets: Vertikal -- Smaller sounding rocket programs -- Solar science: Koronas -- Small specialized satellites: Pion and Kompass -- Biological science: Bion -- Materials science: Foton -- Later Soviet space science: what was learned? -- References -- Russian-language references -- Perspectives, past and future. Decline of science during the transition -- Spektr observatories -- Lunar "Polygons"-- Phobos sample return -- Space science in the federal space plan, 2006-2015 -- Historical overview -- The Keldysh ascendancy -- The emergence of IKI -- Key institutes and personalities in the space science program -- Soviet and Russian space science in a global context -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Russian-language references.