Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 Book

Authors' Preface     xiii
Acknowledgements     xv
Foreword     xvii
List of illustrations     xxiii
Prologue     xxxiii
Reaching the Heavens     1
Access and method     1
The atmosphere     2
Space flight methods     2
Rocket planes     2
Sub-orbital flights     3
Flight paths     4
Launch sites     5
Landing methods     6
Emergency escape     8
Launch systems     10
Astro-flights     10
Sub-orbital flight     11
American orbital launchers     12
Soviet/Russian orbital launchers     16
Soviets on the Moon     18
Chinese orbital launch vehicle     18
The Quest for Space     19
X-15 - A Rocketplane to space     19
X-15 - A winged marvel     20
X-15 flights over 50 miles     20
The sub-orbital Mercury flights     22
Mercury Redstone 3     23
Mercury Redstone 4     25
Apollo Block I     27
Apollo 1     28
Recovery from Apollo 1     30
Soyuz Pad Abort - A fast ride and a stiff drink     31
Soyuz T10-1     31
The X-Prize - The dawn of private spaceflight     33
The X-Prize challenge     33
A record in two stages with a bonus     34
White Knight and Spaceship One     36
The Orbital Programmes     37
Into Space     37
Vostok and Voskhod     37
Mercury     39
To the Moon     40
Gemini     40
Apollo     41
Soviet lunar plans     43
Long-duration spaceflight     44
Soyuz     44
Salyut     46
Skylab     48
Mir     50
For all mankind     50
Space Shuttle     53
Military manned space flight     53
International manned space flight     53
Shenzhou     55
The First Decade: 1961-1970     57
Vostok 1     58
Vostok 2     60
Mercury Atlas 6     62
Mercury Atlas 7     65
Vostok 3 and 4     67
Mercury Atlas 8     70
Mercury Atlas 9      72
Vostok 5 and 6     75
Voskhod 1     78
Voskhod 2     81
Gemini 3     84
Gemini 4     87
Gemini 5     90
Gemini 7 and 6A     93
Gemini 8     96
Gemini 9     98
Gemini 10     101
Gemini 11     104
Gemini 12     107
Soyuz 1     110
Apollo 7     113
Soyuz 3     115
Apollo 8     117
Soyuz 4 and 5     120
Apollo 9     123
Apollo 10     126
Apollo 11     129
Soyuz 6, 7 and 8     132
Apollo 12     136
Apollo 13     139
Soyuz 9     142
The Second Decade: 1971-1980     145
Apollo 14     146
Soyuz 10     149
Soyuz 11     152
Apollo 15     155
Apollo 16     158
Apollo 17     161
Skylab 2     163
Skylab 3     166
Soyuz 12     169
Skylab 4     171
Soyuz 13     174
Soyuz 14     176
Soyuz 15     178
Soyuz 16     181
Soyuz 17     183
Soyuz 18-1     185
Soyuz 18     187
Soyuz 19 and Apollo 18 (ASTP)     190
Soyuz 21     194
Soyuz 22     196
Soyuz 23     198
Soyuz 24     201
Soyuz 25     204
Soyuz 26     206
Soyuz 27     209
Soyuz 28     211
Soyuz 29     213
Soyuz 30     216
Soyuz 31     218
Soyuz 32     220
Soyuz 33     223
Soyuz 35     226
Soyuz 36     229
Soyuz T2     231
Soyuz 37     233
Soyuz 38     235
Soyuz T3     237
The Third Decade: 1981-1990     239
Soyuz T4     240
Soyuz 39     243
STS-1     245
Soyuz 40     248
STS-2     250
STS-3     252
Soyuz T5     254
Soyuz T6     257
STS-4     259
Soyuz T7     262
STS-5     264
STS-6      267
Soyuz T8     270
STS-7     272
Soyuz T9     275
STS-8     278
STS-9     281
STS 41-B     284
Soyuz T10     287
Soyuz T11     290
STS 41-C     292
Soyuz T12     296
STS 41-D     299
STS 41-G     302
STS 51-A     305
STS 51-C     308
STS 51-D     310
STS 51-B     313
Soyuz T13     316
STS 51-G     319
STS 51-F     321
STS 51-I     324
Soyuz T14     327
STS 51-J     330
STS 61-A     332
STS 61-B     335
STS 61-C     338
STS 51-L     341
Soyuz T15     345
Soyuz TM2     348
Soyuz TM3     351
Soyuz TM4     353
Soyuz TM5     356
Soyuz TM6     358
STS-26     361
Soyuz TM7     364
STS-27     367
STS-29     369
STS-30     371
STS-28     374
Soyuz TM8      377
STS-34     380
STS-33     383
STS-32     385
Soyuz TM9     388
STS-36     391
STS-31     394
Soyuz TM10     397
STS-41     400
STS-38     403
STS-35     406
Soyuz TM11     409
The Fourth Decade: 1991-2000     413
STS-37     414
STS-39     417
Soyuz TM12     420
STS-40     423
STS-43     426
STS-48     429
Soyuz TM13     432
STS-44     435
STS-42     438
Soyuz TM14     441
STS-45     444
STS-49     447
STS-50     451
Soyuz TM15     454
STS-46     457
STS-47     460
STS-52     463
STS-53     467
STS-54     470
Soyuz TM16     473
STS-56     476
STS-55     479
STS-57     482
Soyuz TM17     485
STS-51     488
STS-58      491
STS-61     494
Soyuz TM18     498
STS-60     501
STS-62     504
STS-59     507
Soyuz TM19     510
STS-65     513
STS-64     516
STS-68     519
Soyuz TM20     522
STS-66     526
STS-63     529
STS-67     533
Soyuz TM21     536
STS-71     539
Mir EO-19     542
STS-70     544
Soyuz TM22     547
STS-69     550
STS-73     554
STS-74     557
STS-72     560
Soyuz TM23     563
STS-75     566
STS-76     569
STS-77     572
STS-78     575
Soyuz TM24     578
STS-79     581
STS-80     584
STS-81     587
Soyuz TM25     590
STS-82     593
STS-83     596
STS-84     599
STS-94     602
Soyuz TM26     605
STS-85     608
STS-86      611
STS-87     614
STS-89     617
Soyuz TM27     620
STS-90     623
STS-91     626
Soyuz TM28     629
STS-95     632
STS-88     635
Soyuz TM29     638
STS-96     641
STS-93     644
STS-103     647
STS-99     650
Soyuz TM30     653
STS-101     656
STS-106     659
STS-92     662
Soyuz TM31     665
STS-97     668
The Fifth Decade: 2001-2006     671
STS-98     672
STS-102     675
ISS EO-2     678
STS-100     681
Soyuz TM32     684
STS-104     687
STS-105     690
ISS EO-3     693
Soyuz TM33     696
STS-108     699
ISS EO-4     702
STS-109     704
STS-110     708
Soyuz TM34     711
STS-111     714
ISS EO-5     717
STS-112     720
Soyuz TMA1      723
STS-113     726
ISS EO-6     729
STS-107     732
Soyuz TMA2     736
Shenzhou 5     739
Soyuz TMA3     742
Soyuz TMA4     745
Soyuz TMA5     748
Soyuz TMA6     751
STS-114     754
Soyuz TMA7     757
Shenzhou 6     760
Soyuz TMA8     763
STS-121     766
STS-115     769
Soyuz TMA9     772
The Next Steps     775
The immediate future     777
Summary     778
The Log Book 1961-2006     781
Cumulative Space Flight and EVA Experience     795
Future Flight Manifest 2006-2011 (as at 1 October 2006)     813
A Selected Timeline     819
Bibliography     827