European-Russian space cooperation : from de Gaulle to ExoMars / Brian Harvey.
Harvey, Brian, 1953- author.
2021
TL788.4
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Title European-Russian space cooperation : from de Gaulle to ExoMars / Brian Harvey.
Author Harvey, Brian, 1953- author.
ISBN 9783030676865 (electronic bk.)
3030676862 (electronic bk.)
9783030676841
3030676846
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67686-5
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 406 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-67686-5 doi
Call Number TL788.4
Dewey Decimal Classification 629.409
Summary The story of European-Russian collaboration in space is little known and its importance all too often understated. Because France was the principal interlocutor between these nations, such cooperation did not receive the attention it deserved in English-language literature. This book rectifies that history, showing how Russia and Europe forged a successful partnership that has continued to the present day. Space writer Brian Harvey provides an in-depth picture of how this European-Russian relationship evolved and what factors--scientific, political and industrial--propelled it over the decades. The history begins in the cold war period with the first collaborative ventures between the Soviet Union and European countries, primarily France, followed later by Germany and other European countries. Next, the chapters turn to the missions when European astronauts flew to Russian space stations, the Soyuz rocket made a new home in European territory in the South American jungle and science missions were flown to study deep space. Their climax is the joint mission to explore Mars, called ExoMars, which has already sent a mission to Mars. Through this close examination of these European-Russian efforts, readers will appreciate an altogether new perspective on the history of space exploration, no longer defined by competition, but rather by collaboration and cooperation.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 14, 2021).
Series Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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Chapter 1: Early days
Chapter 2: Scientific cooperation
Chapter 3: Human spaceflight
Chapter 4: Industrial cooperation
Chapter 5: ExoMars
Chapter 6: Conclusions
Acronyms and abbreviations
Appendix 1: Timeline
Appendix 2: List of heads of governments and space agencies
Bibliography
Index.

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