#cosmonautics — Public Fediverse posts

@shtumf On the topic of #soviet #rockets and #cosmonautics I also highly recommend the book series Rockets and People:
– Volume 1: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/635675main_RocketsPeopleVolume1-ebook.pdf
– Volume 2: Creating a Rocket Industry: Creating a Rocket Industry: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/635963main_RocketsPeopleVolume2-ebook.pdf
– Volume 3: Hot Days of the Cold War: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/636007main_RocketsPeopleVolume3-ebook.pdf
– Volume 4: The Moon Race: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/621513main_RocketsPeopleVolume4-ebook.pdf

Computing in the Soviet Space Program
https://authors.library.caltech.edu/5456/1/hrst.mit.edu/hrs/apollo/soviet/index.htm

“This website complements the Apollo Guidance Computer History Project by documenting the history of onboard computers and man-machine interaction in the Soviet space program..”

#space #computers #computing #astronautics #cosmonautics #soviet #ussr