21st Century Complete Guide to the Russian Space Program - Complete Coverage of Sputnik, Apollo-Soyuz Test Project ASTP, Mir, Shuttle-Mir Program, International Space Station (Two CD-ROM Set)

This up-to-date and comprehensive electronic book on two CD-ROMs presents an incredible and totally revised collection of important documents and publications about the Russian-Soviet space program, from the dawn of the Space Age with the launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957, and the subsequent pioneering efforts of the Soviet program, up to today's International Space Station (ISS). Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite, was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the American-Soviet space race. After the U.S. succeeded in landing the first man on the moon, cooperation between the superpowers led to the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the Shuttle-Mir docking missions, and the International Space Station. This outstanding compilation of American and Soviet documents provides full coverage of Sputnik, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP), the Shuttle - Mir program, and Russian training manuals for the International Space Station (ISS). Contents include: Sputnik background history, bibliography, biographies, chronology, documents, and coverage of the first American satellite programs, Vanguard and Explorer. 1966-1970 Soviet Space Programs, 1967 Review Of Soviet Space Program, 1971 Soviet Space Programs, 1971-1975 Soviet Space Programs, 1976-1980 Soviet Space Programs, 1981-1987 Soviet Space Programs, ASTP Apollo-Soyuz Documents, ASTP Flight Plan Crew Activity Plan, ASTP Image Collection JSC, ASTP Soviet And American Press Kits, Difficult Road To Mars Monograph, ISSSoyuz, Korolev, Lunar Soviet Missions, Mir Hardware Heritage, Mir JSC Space Station Training Manual, Mir Mission Chronicles 1994-1996, Mir Phase 1 Program Joint Report 1999, Mir Safety Memos, Phobos 1 Soviet Mars Mission, Phobos 2 Soviet Mars Mission, Radiation, Rockets and People Volume 1, RSA Liftoff, Russian Launch Vehicles, Russian Space Stations, Second and Third Satellites, Shuttle Mir Program History Sp-4225, Soviet Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Soviet Shuttle Monograph, Soviet Solid Rockets, Soviet Union Challenge to Apollo 1945-1974, Soyuz Press Conference, Sputnik History, Stratospheric Rocket, The Partnership - History Of Apollo Soyuz Test Project, USSR Designations, Venus Soviet Missions. There are thousands of JPG image files, including a selection of high-resolution images, and nearly 100 MPG movie files focused on the Mir program. This collection is a unique treasure-trove of information. There are hundreds of images, line drawings, and schematics of satellites, rockets, and launch facilities, and 200 tables and charts! The history of the Soviet program is chronicled in six superb Congressional Research Service reports to Congress, spanning the period from Sputnik to the late 1980s. Our exclusive reproduction of these early reports, considered "essential reading" by Soviet space experts, were authored by a renowned expert, Dr. Charles S. Sheldon. ISS Training Manuals: Russian Segment Ops, PROGRESS CARGO TRANSFER, SM IFM IVA, EVA, Thermal Control, ONBOARD COMPUTER, EMERGENCY, FGB IFM, LIFE SUPPORT, ORLAN OPS, COMM, IFM, POWER, video and audio, ORLAN, FGB Complex Control System, Docking - Internal Transfer System, Onboard Measurement System, Solar Array Orientation System, Thermal Mode, Motion Control, ECLSS, LIFE SUPPORT BOOK, ZVEZDA PRESS KIT