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Spacelab, an international success story
- Title
- Spacelab, an international success story / Douglas R. Lord.
- Author
- Lord, Douglas R.
- Publication
- Washington, D.C. : Scientific and Technical Information Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1987.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xv, 554 pages : illustrations (some color); 26 cm.
- Summary
- This volume presents a history of the Spacelab program, which was the first time that the United States space program worked with a foreign agency to design and develop a major element of a manned space vehicle.
- Series Statement
- NASA SP ; 487
- Uniform Title
- NASA SP (Series) ; 487.
- Alternative Title
- Spacelab
- Subject
- Spacelab Program
- Spacelab Program
- Space stations
- International cooperation
- Space Flight > instrumentation
- Space Flight > organization & administration
- Facility Design and Construction
- International Cooperation
- space stations
- International cooperation
- Space stations
- Spacelab
- Aerospace planes
- Stations spatiales
- Europe
- Europe
- United States
- Genre/Form
- Government publications – United States.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 403-433.
- Contents
- Building an international agreement, 1969-1973 -- Birth of a concept, 1960-1973 -- Getting under way, 1973-1974 -- Solidifying the requirements, 1973-1976 -- Planning for Spacelab use, 1973-1977 -- Reviews, reviews, reviews, 1975-1978 -- At last--hardware!, 1976-1979 -- Off the mainstream, 1974-1984 -- Integration and acceptance, 1978-1982 -- Readiness for flight, 1979-1983 -- At long last--Spacelab flies!, 1983-1985 -- Lessons learned.
- LCCN
- 86017979
- OCLC
- ocm13946469
- 13946469
- SCSB-1702180
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library