Russia in Space
Subtitle: The Failed Frontier?
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: January 25, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9781852332037
Subjects: European history: from c 1900 -; History of science; Space science; Space travel & exploration; Space Exploration; History; Astrophysics; Science; Soviet Union; Science/Mathematics; Russia; Russia (Federation); Aeronautics & Astronautics; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Cosmonouts; Moon; Planets; Science / Astronomy; Astronomy - General; Astrophysics & Space Science; Astronautics
First sentence: The Soviet space programme began in 1921 when a scientist quite unknown to the outside world, Nikolai Tikhomirov, set up what was called the Gas Dynamics Laboratory (GDL).