• Hardcover - 592 pages
• Publisher: CRC Press; 1 edition (April 10, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN# 978-0415299855
  

This volume presents the results of investigations conducted in manned and unmanned space vehicles. A broad range of practical issues are reviewed related to the operation and repair of vehicles in space, the construction and mounting of extended large structures (particularly the Mir space station), making permanent joins by welding and brazing and the application of various coatings by thermal evaporation. The volume also reviews the development of hardware and instrumentation designed for operation in the severe conditions of space environment.