@article{695629,
      recid = {695629},
      author = {Evans, Ben,},
      title = {Partnership in space the mid to late nineties /  [electronic resource] :},
      pages = {1 online resource.},
      abstract = {This latest entry in the History of Human Space  Exploration miniseries by Ben Evans continues with an  in-depth look at the mid to late Nineties. Picking up where  Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit: The Eighties and Early  Nineties left off, the story commemorating the evolution of  manned space exploration unfolds here in yet more detail.  More than fifty years after Yuri Gagarins pioneering  journey into space, Evans extends his comprehensive  overview of how that momentous journey continued through  the decades that followed. Partnership in Space, the fifth  book in the series, explores the final years in which the  United States and the Soviet Union which became the  Commonwealth of Independent States in 1992 pursued human  space endeavors independently of each other. The narrative  follows the path taken by two old foes towards an unlikely  and often controversial partnership. As the Shuttle program  recovered from the loss of Challenger and pursued ever  loftier goals, including the ambitious repair of the Hubble  Space Telescope, Mir suffered from economic collapse and  political neglect. Yet both Mir and the Shuttle formed a  fertile ground upon which the seeds of what would become  today's International Space Station were sown. Both nations  acutely needed the support of the other to achieve their  goals. As political relations thawed between the two  superpowers, a new relationship was forged. This  cooperation saw Russians flying aboard the Shuttle and  Americans flying aboard Mir and became a partnership that  endures to this day.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/695629},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3278-4},
}