In __Energiya-Buran: the Soviet Space Shuttle__, the authors describe the long development path of the Soviet space shuttle system, consisting of the Energiya rocket and the Buran orbiter. The program eventually saw just one unmanned flight in November 1988 before the end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union sealed its fate.
After a Foreword provided by lead Buran test pilot Igor Volk, the authors look at the experience gradually accumulated in high-speed aeronautics with the development of various Soviet rocket planes and intercontinental cruise missiles between the 1930s to 1950s and the study of several small spaceplanes in the 1960s. Next the authors explain how the perceived military threat of the US Space Shuttle led to the decision in February 1976 to build a Soviet equivalent, and explore the evolution of the design until it was frozen in 1979. Following this is a detailed technical description of both Energiya and Buran and a look at nominal flight scenarios and emergency situations, highlighting similarities and differences with the US Space Shuttle.
The authors then expand on the managerial aspects of the Energiya-Buran program, sum up the main design bureaus and production facilities involved in the project and describe the infrastructure needed to transport the hardware and prepare it for launch at the Baikonur cosmodrome. They go on to detail the selection and training of teams of civilian and military test pilots for Buran, crew assignments for the first manned missions and preparatory flights aboard Soyuz spacecraft.
Next the focus turns to the extensive test program that preceded the first flight of Buran, notably the often trouble-plagued test firings of rocket engines, the first flight of Energiya with the enigmatic Polyus payload, test flights of subscale models and atmospheric approach and landing tests. After an analysis of Western speculation on the Soviet space shuttle effort in the pre-glasnost era, a detailed account is given of final preparations for the maiden flight of Buran and the mission itself.
In the final chapters the authors look at the gradual demise of the project in the early 1990s, the fate of the Soviet orbiters and their cosmodrome infrastructure, cancelled missions, and the many planned derivatives of the Energiya rocket. Attention is also paid to technological spin-offs such as the Zenit and Sea Launch projects and the RD-180 and RD-191 rocket engines. Finally, an overview is given of alternative spaceplane proposals during and after the Buran era, including the MAKS air-launched spaceplane, the Kliper spacecraft and various single-stage-to-orbit systems.
The book closes off with key specifications of the Energiya-Buran system, short biographies of the Buran pilots, an extensive list of Russian acronyms, a short bibliographical essay and a detailed index. Based largely on Russian sources, it is richly illustrated with some 250 pictures and diagrams.
Although Energiya-Buran was primarily a program of unfulfilled promises and shattered dreams, it represented a major technological breakthrough for the Soviet Union and its story deserves to be told.

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Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)

Hendrickx, Bart, Vis, Bert

Praxis; Springer; Published in association with Praxis Pub.

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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration, Berlin ; New York : Chichester, UK, ©2007

United States, United States of America

Springer Nature, New York, NY, 2007

September 14, 2007

2007, PT, 2007

1181154278

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"Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle is the first comprehensive book on the Soviet space shuttle program to be published in English. It makes use of exclusive Russian source material, including a contribution by Igor Volk, a former Buran cosmonaut. A unique insight is given into the rise and fall of a program which could have rivaled NASA's Space Shuttle project, but which in its homeland is now considered only a museum piece."--Jacket

Energiya - Buran. The Soviet Space Shuttle КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: Springer & Praxis PublishingАвтор(ы): Bart Hendrickx & Bert VisЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2007Количество страниц: 544ISBN: 978--0-387-69848-9Формат: pdf OCR HQРазмер: 16.2 mb Rapid 34

This absorbing book describes the long development of the Soviet space shuttle system, its infrastructure and the space agency's plans to follow up the first historic unmanned mission.

Bart Hendrickx And Bert Vis. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 501-502) And Index.

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Erscheinungsdatum: 04.10.2007

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