Walking in Space
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ISBN-13:
9781852337100
Veröffentl:
2004
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.06.2004
Seiten:
382
Autor:
David Shayler
Gewicht:
606 g
Format:
233x158x30 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
On 18 March 1965, just four years after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space Alexei Leonov left his Voskhod 2 spacecraft and became the first person to perform a space walk. It was on 20 July 1969 that Neil Armstrong took his giant leap for mankind onto the surface of the moon. Then on 7 February 1984 Bruce McCandless became the first human satellite as he flew an untethered manned manoeuvring unit, 300 feet from the shuttle. Five months later on 25 July 1984 Svetlana Savitskaya became the first woman to walk in space. All this was accomplished in less than 20 years.
Over the past 35 years more than 100 individual astronauts and cosmonautshave performed nearly 200 EVAs, (spacewalks), either singularly or inteams in Earth orbit, deep space or on the Moon. In 'Walking in Space:Development of Space Walking Techniques' author, Dave Shayler, shows howhardware and crew members are prepared for, protected and supported duringevery EVA. He demonstrates how past experiences have led to improvedtraining techniques and how this, in turn, has provided many successes andfuture developments.
Dedication.- Foreword by Dr. Jeffery A. Hoffman.- Authors preface.- Acknowledgements, glossary, notes.- List of tables.- List of illustrations.- Prologue.- Theory put to the test.- Gemini pioneering the technique.- Planning for EVA.- Tools of the trade.- Practise makes perfect.- Surface exploration.- Service calls.- Helping Hubble.- Station support.- Constructing ISS.- Next steps.- Conclusion.- Appendix, Bibliography and references, Index.
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