Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties (Springer Praxis Books Space Exploration)

to Commemorate The Momentous 50 th Anniversary Of Yuri Gagarin’s Pioneering Journey Into Space On 12 th April 2011, A Series Of Five Books – To Be Published Annually Until 2011 – Will Explore This Half Century, Decade By Decade, To Discover How Humanity’s Knowledge Of Flying, Working And Living In Space Has Changed. Each Volume Will Focus Not Only Upon The Individual Missions Within ‘its’ Decade, But Also Upon The Key Challenges Facing Human Space Exploration At Specific Points Within Those 50 Years: From The Simple Problems Of Breathing And Eating In Space To The Challenges Of Venturing Outside In A Pressurised Spacesuit And Locomotion On The Moon. the First Volume Of This Series Will Focus Upon The 1960s, Exploring Each Mission From April 1961 To April 1971 In Depth: From The Pioneering Vostok Flights To The Establishment Of The First Salyut Space Station And From Alan Shepard’s Modest Sub-orbital ‘hop’ Into Space To His Triumphant Arrival At The Moon’s Fra Mauro Foothills Almost A Decade Later. the Introduction Sets The Scene With Early Plans To Explore Space, Balloon Flights And Such Details As The Development Of Pressure Suits. Each Of The Vostok Missions Is Then Covered In Depth, Together With Unmanned Precursor Flights, Subsequent Plans And The Development Of Voskhod. Chapter 2 Studies The Mercury Missions Together With Unmanned And Monkey Flights, The Development Of The Redstone And Atlas Boosters And The Ill-fated Dyna-soar, While The Twin Voskhod Missions, Including The First Three-man Space Crew, First Spacewalk And Plans For Subsequent Voskhods To Extend Time In Space Are Covered In The Third Chapter. Each Of The Gemini Missions Are then Described, As Well As Why And How The United States Managed To Achieve Such A ‘lead’ Over The Soviet Union, Practising Techniques For Lunar Landings, The Development Of Spacesuit Technology For Extravehicular Activities, ‘blue Gemini’ And The Manned Orbiting Laboratory. The Soyuz 1 And Apollo 1 Tragedies And Aftermath, Including Redesign, Changes To Future Plans And The Effect Of Korolev’s Death Precede A Chapter On The United States’ Drive For The Moon, Up To Apollo 14, Including The Challenges Facing The First Lunar Explorers, The Consistency Of Lunar Soil And The Development Of Spacesuits To Handle Locomotion. This First Volume Ends With An Analysis Of Soviet Direction Changes From Lunar Exploration To Long-term Space Stations (soyuz 3 To 10 And The Development Of Salyut 1) And The Progress Of The Human Space Program In The 1960s And Plans For Space Exploration In The Next Decade. each Of The Next Four Volumes Will Follow At Yearly Intervals, The Final One Coinciding With The 50 th Anniversary Of Gagarin’s Epic Journey: 0387790934......Page 1 Title Page ......Page 3 Copyright Page ......Page 4 Table of Contents ......Page 6 Illustrations ......Page 10 Author's preface ......Page 13 Acknowledgements ......Page 15 CONTRASTS ......Page 16 VEIL OF SECRECY ......Page 18 'STAR SAILORS' ......Page 29 FARMBOY ......Page 31 "LET'S GO!" ......Page 33 REACTION ......Page 39 THE BAY OF PIGS ......Page 42 A DAY IN ORBIT ......Page 44 TEACHER'S SON ......Page 47 SPEACE SICKNESS ......Page 48 THE WALL RISES ......Page 51 SPACE DUET ......Page 53 STARFISH PRIME ......Page 55 AN IRON MAN AND "A PUZZLE" ......Page 56 FLYING FALCON, SOARING EAGLE ......Page 58 OCTOBER CRISIS ......Page 61 A WOMAN IN SPACE ......Page 64 THE PERFECT CANDIDATE? ......Page 66 "ROMANOV AND JULIET" ......Page 68 RETURN TO EARTH ......Page 71 HEROES ......Page 74 A MAN IN SPACE ......Page 76 THE COMPETITOR ......Page 84 DIFFERENT WORLD ......Page 86 "WE GAVE IT AWAY" ......Page 87 "LIGHT THIS CANDLE!" ......Page 100 TO GO TO THE MOON ......Page 110 GRUFF GUS ......Page 113 ROOM WITH A (BETTER) VIEW ......Page 115 "THE FIRST THING I HAD EVER LOST" ......Page 119 'GAS BAG' ......Page 123 THE ALL-AMERICAN ......Page 128 SPY SWAP ......Page 131 THE BEST ... AT LAST ......Page 132 AN AMERICAN IN ORBIT ......Page 137 "LEAVE THE RETRO PACKAGE ON" ......Page 140 EUPHORIA, DISAPPOINTMENT ... AND A BOSS ......Page 144 'BLACK-SHOE' CARPENTER ......Page 149 SCIENCE FLIGHT ......Page 151 RISE AND FALL OF THE AURORA ......Page 155 PUSHING THE ENVELOPE ......Page 164 THE JOKER ......Page 166 THE SIX CIRCUITS OF SIGMA 7 ......Page 169 FIRE HOSES AND POLICE DOGS ......Page 176 THE END ... ......Page 178 HOTSHOT ......Page 182 LAST MERCURY OUT ......Page 185 JOURNEY TO SPACE ......Page 193 SARDINES ......Page 197 "THE WORLD'S FIRST PASSENGER SPACESHIP" ......Page 202 FROM THAW TO STAGNATION ......Page 205 RISKY ENDEAVOUR ......Page 206 A WALK OUTSIDE ......Page 211 NEAR-DISASTER ......Page 215 DECLINE ......Page 220 MEN WITH MISSIONS ......Page 224 GROUNDED ......Page 231 A NEW SPACECRAFT ......Page 233 ASSASSINATION ......Page 246 CREWLESS SUCCESSES ......Page 248 ALL ABOURD THE 'MOLLY BROWN' ......Page 250 THE ASTRONAUT ......Page 256 BLOODSHED IN ALABAMA ......Page 258 CORNED BEEF SANDWICH ......Page 259 ONWARD, UPWARD ... AND OUTSIDE ......Page 261 DISCIPLINE, PERSISTENCE, DEDICATION ......Page 266 FALSE START ......Page 268 INSIDE MAN ......Page 270 OUTSIDE MAN ......Page 271 RECORD BREAKERS ......Page 274 "HOW MANY BOYS, LBJ?" ......Page 277 WISEGUY ......Page 279 "EIGHT DAYS OR BUST" ......Page 281 CHANGED PLANS ......Page 290 TWINS? ......Page 297 THREE HUNDRED HOURS IN SPACE ......Page 301 LONG HAUL ......Page 302 "SITTIN' HERE BREATHING" ......Page 306 FIRECRACKERS, FOOTBALLING AND THE F-86 ......Page 308 RENDEZVOUS! ......Page 310 TRAGEDY ......Page 317 DEMISE OF THE DYNA-SOAR ......Page 321 QUIET CIVILIAN ......Page 325 FIRST AMONG EQUALS ......Page 327 TRAINING ......Page 330 "SMOOTH AS GLASS" ......Page 334 "TUMBLING END-OVER-END" ......Page 339 PACIFIC RETURN ......Page 342 ROCKET ARMCHAIRS AND FIREPROOF PANTS ......Page 347 THE SUBSTITUTE ......Page 349 THIRD TIME LUCKY ......Page 351 THE ANGRY ALLIGATOR ......Page 354 HELLISH SPACEWALK ......Page 358 "NOTHING SPECIAL" ......Page 364 SUCCESS AT LAST ......Page 367 'ANIMAL' ......Page 376 'M EQUALS 1" ......Page 378 HIGH RIDE ......Page 382 CONQUEST OF THE 'HIGH GROUND' ......Page 390 DR. RENDEZVOUS ......Page 394 THE END ......Page 397 "FIRE" ......Page 404 MOONSHIP ......Page 415 WITCH HUNT ......Page 425 OUTER SPACE TREATY ......Page 429 FALL FROM HEAVEN ......Page 430 SLOW RECOVERY ......Page 441 MY LAI ......Page 449 'THE WALLY, WALT AND DONN SHOW' ......Page 450 WALT AND 'WHATSHISNAME' ......Page 461 "101 PER CENT SUCCESSFUL" ......Page 462 SOYUZ RESURGENT ......Page 464 "NOT A PRIORITY" ......Page 469 MOONWARD BOUND ......Page 474 OUTSIDER ......Page 477 C-PRIME ......Page 478 SAVED ......Page 490 ARTICLES ......Page 495 BOOKS ......Page 496 Index ......Page 500 To commemorate the momentous 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering journey into space on 12th April 2011, a series of five books - to be published annually - will explore this half century, decade by decade, to discover how humanity's knowledge of flying, working and living in space has changed. Each volume will focus not only upon the individual missions within 'its' decade, but also upon the key challenges facing human space exploration at specific points within those 50 years: from the simple problems of breathing and eating in space to the challenges of venturing outside in a pressurised spacesuit and locomotion on the Moon. The first volume of this series will focus upon the 1960s, exploring each mission from April 1961 to April 1971 in depth: from the pioneering Vostok flights to the establishment of the first Salyut space station and from Alan Shepard's modest sub-orbital 'hop' into space to his triumphant arrival at the Moon's Fra Mauro foothills almost a decade later To commemorate the momentous 50 th anniversary of Yuri Gagarins pioneering journey into space on 12 th April 2011, a series of five books to be published annually will explore this half century, decade by decade, to discover how humanitys knowledge of flying, working and living in space has changed. Each volume will focus not only upon the individual missions within its decade, but also upon the key challenges facing human space exploration at specific points within those 50 from the simple problems of breathing and eating in space to the challenges of venturing outside in a pressurised spacesuit and locomotion on the Moon. The first volume of this series will focus upon the 1960s, exploring each mission from April 1961 to April 1971 in from the pioneering Vostok flights to the establishment of the first Salyut space station and from Alan Shepards modest sub-orbital hop into space to his triumphant arrival at the Moons Fra Mauro foothills almost a decade later. From the East Monkeys to men Space spectaculars Pushing the envelope Onward and upward Disaster, recovery, triumph.