Energiya-Buran

The first comprehensive book on the Soviet Energia/Buran programme in English.

Tells the fascinating story of the effort designed to keep up with the United States in the Cold War in space.

Provides information never before published in the West that has become available in the past fifteen years.

In this book, the authors describe the long development of the Soviet space shuttle system, its infrastructure and what was planned to follow the first historic unmanned mission. This is the first comprehensive book on the Soviet Energiya/Buren project published in the West, making use of exclusive Russian source material obtained by the authors over the past decade. The text includes a review of the decisions to proceed with the US space shuttle in 1972 and the Soviet decision to construct Buran in 1976, a physical description of the Energiya system, and a comparison in tabular form of Buran with the American system. Readers will gain unique insight into the rise and fall of a project primarily designed to catch up with the United States in the Cold War in space.

The first comprehensive book on the Soviet Energia/Buren programme in English Tells the fascinating story of the effort designed to keep up with the United States in the Cold War in space Provides information never before published in the West that has become available in the past fifteen years

Zusammenfassung
The first comprehensive book on the Soviet Energia/Buran programme in English. Tells the fascinating story of the effort designed to keep up with the United States in the Cold War in space. Provides information never before published in the West that has become available in the past fifteen years.

Inhalt
The roots of Buran.- The birth of Buran.- Systems and scenarios.- Organizations and infrastructure.- The Buran cosmonaut team.- Testing the hardware.- Buran in the spotlight.- Shattered dreams, new beginnings.- Beyond Buran.