Interkosmos: the Eastern Bloc's early space program 9783319241616, 3319241613

History and Development of the Interkosmos program -- First to fly : Czechoslovakia's cosmonaut -- From Poland to S

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English Pages xiii, 321 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm Year 2016

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Interkosmos: the Eastern Bloc's early space program
 9783319241616, 3319241613

Table of contents :
History and Development of the Interkosmos program --
First to fly : Czechoslovakia's cosmonaut --
From Poland to Salyut-6 --
Sigmund Jähn and Soyuz-30 --
Bulgaria in space --
Hungary joins the space club --
A Vietnamese cosmonaut --
The Cuban Salyut mission --
From the steppes of Mongolia --
Romania continues the program --
Beyond Interkosmos : Soyuz T-6 --
Soviet-Indian mission --
A Syrian researcher on Mir --
Bulgaria's second flight --
Afghanistan's cosmonaut-researcher --
Chrétien in space again --
The Interkosmos missions in retrospect --
Philately and the Interkosmos program / by James Reichman.

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