Conference 7.286::space

COSMONAUTICS USSR

the publishing house 'Mashinostroeni' (USSR) and the firm
'Matson Press' (USA) are preparing the publication of
'COSMONAUTICS USSR' dedicated to the Soviet cosmonautic and 
the USSR space and rocket industry.

I have seen the book the original book before translation to
English, and it is an excellent resource. This edition was
simply inconceivable and the new edition said to be exceedlingly
open and very objection account of both great success and the
bitter disappointments of the Soviet space program.

The book will include hundreds of descriptions and stories, with 
more then 600 photographs.  It also contains a detailed description
of the system of training, FCC, Baikonur, Kapustin Yar, and Plexetsk.
Discsription  from Tsiolkovskiy to Kristall and future development of 
the second generation MIR 2.

I think it is great, and if the English edition is anything like the
    Soviet one it will be a valuable book for your collection. 


for more info write to:

MATSON PRESS
PO BOX 17242
WASHINGTON, DC  20041

if you like mention my name, maybe we can get Dr Matson 
to give us a dec/pre_publication discount

I do know Dr Matson but I have no connection with the book...
enjoy

john

    

    
    	I have the earlier (1986?) Russian edition of this book and it is
    FANTASTIC! If the English edition of the updated "Cosmonautica USSR" is
    anything like this earlier edition, it will be well worth any price.
    
    					Drew
    

    I have check with the publishing house, and the book
    1st edition should be in Jan 1992, all inputs will
    be in by July on 91.  They have promised to send me
    a 6 page flyer on the book, but it is the same book
    word for word, even the pages will be the same,
    they have design the translation to fit in the same
    space as the orignal Russian + the addition at the
    end to birng the book up to date.
    
    john
    

I have a number of space books on the Soviets. 

First, "Diary of a Cosmonaut: 211 Days in Space" by Valentin Lebedev. Published
1988.This book is a translation of Lebedev's diary while in orbit from May 13 
to December 10, 1982. It records his thoughts and feelings on what it is like 
to live and work in space. Excellant reading. 

Second, "Almanac of Soviet Manned Space Flight" by Dennis Newkirk. Published
1990. A complete and up-to-date account of every Soviet manned and man-related
space launch. Very detailed with excellant figures and schematics of Soviet
space vehicles.

Third, "The Soviet Manned Space Program" by Phillip Clark. Published 1988.
This book is very much like an encyclopedia of Soviet spaceflight. Provides
detailed information on the men, the missions and the spacecraft. Good
diagrams and lots of statistics.

These books may not be available in a general book store. I ordered all thre
specially.

There is a couple of books that I plan to get soon. They are "The Soviet
Cosmonaut Team, Volume 1 and 2" by Gordon Hooper. These have been revised 
recently. Volume 1 is Background Sections and Volume 2 is Cosmonaut Biographies.

Susan

    The book store at the Boston Museum of Science often has a good
    selection of space books. I wish I'd bought the 'almanac' last time I
    was there.
    
    I've seen 'Diary' in random bookstores in places like unPleasant Lane
    mall.
    
    I recently bought 'Space year 1991', edited by Nigel Macknight (editor
    of Spaceflight News). It covers space activity from 1 Jul 89 to 30 Jun
    90 in a style very similar to SFN. It covers all space missions and a
    number of suborbital shots. Lots of background and pix. Highly
    recommended.
    
    Pub Motorbooks Int'l, 176pp, ISBN 0-87938-482-4, list $19.95. I bought
    mine from Zenith Books (sorry, don't have the number any more, try 800
    directory assistance) who were selling it for $12.95. It is obviously
    intended to be a regular annual. Hopefully it's being remaindered
    already isn't a bad sign.
    
    gary

    GLAUKOSMOS USSR is selling Slides & Videos of the Soviet Space Program
    The catalog price is $9.95  
         and they wont give it away even with an order....
    a sample slie set (20) is $19.95
    and the only video they have on Buran is $50 for personal use
    or $500 for commercal use.
    
    sorry no credit cards, checks only
    
    GLAUKOSMOS USSR
    6900 TCB Tower
    Huston TX 77002
    713 227-9008
    
    ok I bit and called up, the slides are the ones Glaukosmos has
    used for marketing, nothing that has not been publish before,
    and the video (not videos) is on the Buran.  When I as Art he
    told me they had many videos of so/so Soviet Quality mostly in
    Russian - However when I went to place a order they told
    me there is only one video is in stock and  all the rest are 
    speical order, but the slides catalog is about 50 pages long.
    
    I will have to wait for another day,
    
    john
    
    

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    World War Two; playing toastmaster in 1971 at a conference on
    extraterrestrials.  Offering an unusual history of Soviet science,
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Article: 63640
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.space.shuttle,rec.arts.books
From: [email protected] (Dennis Newkirk)
Subject: Re: Tom Wolfe's THE RIGHT STUFF (Russian books)
Organization: Motorola
Date: Wed, 26 May 1993 14:54:48 GMT
Sender: [email protected] (Net News)
 
In article <[email protected]> [email protected]
(Jeffrey A. Del Col) writes: 

>Does anyone know whether people associated with the Russian space program have
>published books about its early days?
 
Well, there aren't too many widely available in the US, but these are a
good start. 
 
SURVIVAL IN SPACE, By YURI GAGARIN and VLADIMIR LEBEDEV,  1969
Pioneers of Space,1985/89 Progress Publishers Moscow
Three Paces Beyond the Horizon, by V. Lysenko translated by  G. Egorov, 1989
 
The last two have the earliest setting and will introduce readers to
some of the important personalities and are very truthful. They consist
of chapters written by those directly involoved.
 
There are also books by Titov (Our Blue Earth?), Tereshkova (I am Seagull), 
and Bykovsky (Cosmonaut No.5) about their experiences. Titovs was translated
by NASA long ago (its some "NASA-TT-F?" series book). I don't remember
much about Titov's or Tereshkova's book, so its a good bet they are mostly
old propaganda.
 
Korolev's biographer is working on a big book but I don't know if any 
release date is planned. Glushko's name appeared on some books, but
I don't know of any about the early days that are translated. 
 
Cosmonaut Georgi Grechko is looking for serious funding to do a years work 
collecting data on the N1 lunar landing project. He knows most of the people
who were involoved and is afraid their knowledge will be lost. Any 
wealthy volunteers? Contact me and I'll FAX him the good news.
 
Dennis Newkirk ([email protected])
Motorola, Land Mobile Products Sector
Schaumburg, IL

Article: 66096
From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: History of spaceflight sources
Date: 25 Jun 93 05:53:12 PST
Organization: Science Applications Int'l Corp./San Diego
 
     I was browsing through my NASA bibliographic CD ROM (for something 
else, of course) and came across the following two abstracts from papers 
which look to be interesting sources for history-of-spaceflight 
information. The complete documents should be available from NTIS or AIAA. 
 
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UTL: The R-3 rocket project developed in the USSR in 1947-1959 as
     a basis for the first Soviet space launchers
AUT: (AA)BIRIUKOV, I. V.
NOT: IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 41st, Dresden,
     Federal Republic of Germany, Oct. 6-12, 1990. 5 p.
RPN: IAF PAPER 90-627
ABS: The history of the R-3 rocket project is recounted emphasizing its 
contributions to the first Soviet space launchers and the contributions 
of the aircraft designer Korolev. The R-1 missile, first launched in 
1948, was a Soviet-developed version of the German V-2 rocket. The 
merits of a single-stage rocket in the achievement of extended ranges of 
fire are noted. Lessons learned through shortcomings of the R-3 are 
conveyed and the R-7 program is described, noting that this project 
provided a foundation for the first ICBM and for Sputnik. The Vostok, 
Molniya, and Soyuz then followed. The first strategic missile was 
reportedly based on the R-3X experimental missiles and the R-3 layout 
and was designated the R-5M. Firing range for this missile was above 
1000 km. Its successor was the R-12 strategic missile, which used high-
temperature propellant. It is pointed out that Korolev's R-3 design 
provided the foundation for all subsequent powerful Soviet rockets. 
 
 
UTL: Compendium of meteorological space programs, satellites, and
     experiments
AUT: (AA)DUBACH, LELAND L. (AB)NG, CAROLYN
SRC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Goddard Space
Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD.
RPN: NASA-TM-102924,   NSSDC/WDC-A-R/S-88-03
ABS: This compendium includes plans and events known to the authors 
through January 1987. Compilation of the information began in 1967. This 
document is intended: (1) as a historical record of all satellites and 
instrumentation that has been useful for meteorological research or 
operational uses; and (2) as a working document to be used to assist 
meteorologists in identifying meteorological satellites, locating data 
from these satellites, and understanding experiment operation which is 
related to satellite data that may be of interest to them. A summary of 
all known launched satellites for all countries and their experiments, 
which were concerned with meteorological operations or research, are 
included. Programs covered include AEM, Apollo, ATS, Bhaskara, Cosmos, 
Discoverer, DMSP, DOD, DODGE, EOLE, ERBE, ESSA, Explorer, Gemini, GMS, 
GOES/SMS, INSAT, IRS, LANDSAT, Mercury, Meteor 1 and 2, Meteosat, 
Molniya, MOS, Nimbus, NOAA (1-5)/ITOS, NOAA (6,7,D)/TIROS-N, NOAA (8-10, 
H-J)/ATN, Salyut, Seasat, Shuttle 1, Shuttle 2: Spacelab, Skylab, Soyuz, 
TIROS, TOPEX, Vanguard, Voskhod, Vostok, and Zond. 
 
Article: 66215
From: [email protected] (Mark Robert Thorson)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Re: History of spaceflight sources
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 93 15:23:46 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
 
NTIS is the National Technical Information Service.  They are a branch
of the government that publishes reports produced by government-funded
research. They publish a lot of interesting stuff (and tons of waste paper). 
 
AIAA is the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.  They
are a professional organization. 
 
You can browse indices of recent NTIS publications by asking your
local university library for the NTIS Abstracts.  This is a series of
catalogs published every few weeks listing all the new reports. 

Article: 4396
From: [email protected] (Phillip Clark)
Newsgroups: sci.space.policy
Subject: Good book on the Russian space program?
Date: 5 Aug 1994 06:23:46 GMT
Organization: The Direct Connection
 
In response to the request for good books on the Russian space programme,
the following are essential publications:-
        
Nicholas L Johnson
        
    Handbook of Soviet Lunar and Planetary Exploration (Univelt, 1979)
    Handbook of Soviet Manned Space Flight (Univelt, 1980)
    Soviet Space Programs, 1980-1985 (Univelt, 1987)
    Soviet Military Strategy in Space (Jane's 1987)
        
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1981 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1982)
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1982 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1983)
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1983 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1984)
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1984 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1985)
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1985 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1986)
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1986 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1987)
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1987 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1988)
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1988 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1989)
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1989 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1990)
    The Soviet Year in Space, 1990 (Teledyne Brown Engineering, 1991)
 
    1991-1992 Europe and Asia in Space (USAF Phillips Laboratory, 1994)
        
Library of Congress Reports
        
    Soviet Space Programs (GPO, 31st May 1962)
    Soviet Space Programs 1962-1965 (GPO, 30th December 1966)
    Soviet Space Programs 1966-1970 (GPO, 9th December 1971)
    Soviet Space Programs 1971 (GPO, April 1972)
    Soviet Space Programs 1971-1975, vol 1 (GPO, 30th August 1976)
    Soviet Space Programs 1971-1975, vol 2 (GPO, 30th August 1976)
    Soviet Space Programs 1976-1980, part 1 (GPO, December 1982)
    Soviet Space Programs 1976-1980, part 2 (GPO, October 1984)
    Soviet Space Programs 1976-1980, part 3 (GPO, May 1985)
    Soviet Space Programs 1981-1987, part 1 (GPO, May 1988)
    Soviet Space Programs 1981-1987, part 2 (GPO, April 1989)
 
Although some of these volumes are difficult to get hold of, presumably
that can be obtained via library loans.   Together these volumes represent
the most balanced reviews of *all* aspects of the former Soviet Union's
space programmes available anywhere.
 
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