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Zusatztext Skylab is not just a story of space hardware and space science! but alsoof space explorers and pioneers. Using official NASA documentation andinterviews with the astronauts and key personnel! the inside story of Skylabis presented as the story unfolds. An evaluation of the lessons learntfrom the programme and how these were! or were not! incorporated into theSpace Shuttle and Space Station programme is also offered to present thevalue of Skylab in the context of the current programme! 25 years afterthe last crew came home. Klappentext Skylab is not just a story of space hardware and space science! but also of space explorers and pioneers. Using official NASA documentation and interviews with the astronauts and key personnel! the inside story of Skylab is presented as the story unfolds. An evaluation of the lessons learnt from the programme and how these were! or were not! incorporated into the Space Shuttle and Space Station programme is also offered to present the value of Skylab in the context of the current programme! 25 years after the last crew came home. Zusammenfassung Skylab is not just a story of space hardware and space science, but also of space explorers and pioneers. Using official NASA documentation and interviews with the astronauts and key personnel, the inside story of Skylab is presented as the story unfolds. An evaluation of the lessons learnt from the programme and how these were, or were not, incorporated into the Space Shuttle and Space Station programme is also offered to present the value of Skylab in the context of the current programme, 25 years after the last crew came home. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword.- Author's Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Illustrations and Tables.- Acronyms and Abbreviations.- Prologue.- Origins.- Preparing for Flight.- The Human Element.- Flight Operations.- Research Fields.- Beyond Skylab.- Appendix: The Astronauts. Mission Data. Experiment Data.- Bibliography.- Index....
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Inhalt: Foreword
- Author's Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illu- strations and Tables
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Origins
- Preparing for Flight
- The Human Element
- Flight Ope- rations
- Research Fields
- Beyond Skylab
- Appendix: The Astro- nauts. Mission Data. Experiment Data
- Bibliography
- In
