Voices of the Soviet Space Program: Cosmonauts, Soldiers, and Engineers Who Took the USSR into Space (Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

In This Remarkable Oral History, Slava Gerovitch Presents Interviews With The Men And Women Who Witnessed Soviet Space Efforts Firsthand. Rather Than Comprising A Master Narrative, These Fascinating And Varied Accounts Bring To Light The Often Divergent Perspectives, Experiences, And Institutional Cultures That Defined The Soviet Space Program. Introduction: Multiple Perspectives On Soviet Space History -- Commanding Officer Abram Krayzman -- Construction Engineer Sergey Safro -- Engine Designer Anatoliy Daron -- Guidance Engineer Sergei Khrushchev -- Control Engineer Georgiy Priss -- Radio Engineer Felix Meschansky -- Display Designer Yuriy Tyapchenko -- Computer Designer Viktor Przhiyalkovskiy -- Cosmonaut 13: Vladiir Shatalov -- Test Cosmonaut Mikhail Burdayev -- Scientist Cosmonaut Ordinard Kolomiytsev -- Second Backup: Valentina Ponomareva -- Stress Psychiatrist Ada Ordyanskaya. [edited By] Slava Gerovitch. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Interviews Translated From Russian. Voices of the Soviet Space Program: Cosmonauts, Soldiers, and Engineers Who Took the USSR into Space 4 Contents 8 List of Figures 10 Note on Transliteration 12 Acknowledgments 14 Introduction: Multiple Perspectives on Soviet Space History 16 Part I: The Soldiers 32 1 Commanding Officer Abram Krayzman 34 2 Construction Engineer Sergey Safro 42 Part II: The Engineers 52 3 Engine Designer Anatoliy Daron 54 4 Guidance Engineer Sergei Khrushchev 82 5 Control Engineer Georgiy Priss 92 6 Radio Engineer Felix Meschansky 114 7 Display Designer Yuriy Tyapchenko 122 8 Computer Designer Viktor Przhiyalkovskiy 142 Part III: The Cosmonauts 156 9 “Cosmonaut 13”: Vladimir Shatalov 158 10 Test Cosmonaut Mikhail Burdayev 194 11 Scientist Cosmonaut Ordinard Kolomiytsev 220 12 “Second Backup”: Valentina Ponomareva 232 13 Stress Psychiatrist Ada Ordyanskaya 252 Notes 258 Acknowledgments 258 Introduction: Multiple Perspectives on Soviet Space History 258 1 Commanding Officer Abram Krayzman 264 2 Construction Engineer Sergey Safro 266 3 Engine Designer Anatoliy Daron 267 4 Guidance Engineer Sergei Khrushchev 270 5 Control Engineer Georgiy Priss 272 6 Radio Engineer Felix Meschansky 276 7 Display Designer Yuriy Tyapchenko 278 8 Computer Designer Viktor Przhiyalkovskiy 280 9 “Cosmonaut 13”: Vladimir Shatalov 283 10 Test Cosmonaut Mikhail Burdayev 287 11 Scientist Cosmonaut Ordinard Kolomiytsev 291 12 “Second Backup”: Valentina Ponomareva 293 13 Stress Psychiatrist Ada Ordyanskaya 297 Selected Bibliography 300 Collections of Documents 300 Memoirs and Oral Histories 300 Secondary Sources 302 Index 306