* Details how a succession of Salyut space stations led to the development of Mir.
* Depicts Mir’s assembly piece by piece, in space, between 1982 and 1996.
* Describes how Mir became an international research laboratory.
* Advises how Mir technology went on to form the ‘core modules’ of the ISS.
* The definitive account of Mir throughout its life through to de-orbiting in March 2001.
- Veröffentlicht am Montag 14. Februar 2005 von Springer New York
- ISBN: 9780387230115
- 424 Seiten
- Genre: Astronomie, Natur, Sachbücher, Technik