Table of Contents

1 Front Matter; 2 1. Skyscrapers in the Sky; 3 2. Salyut: "I Wanted Him to Come Home."; 4 3. Skylab: A Glorious Forgotten Triumph; 5 4. The Early Salyuts: "The Prize of All People"; 6 5. Salyut 6: The End of Isolation; 7 6. Salyut 7: Phoenix in Space; 8 7. Freedom "You've Got to Put on Your Management Hat..."; 9 8. Mir: A Year in Space; 10 9. Mir: The Road to Capitalism; 11 10. Mir: The Joys of Freedom; 12 11. Mir: Almost Touching; 13 12. Mir: Culture Shock; 14 13. Mir: Spin City; 15 14. International Space Station: Ships Passing in the Night; 16 Bibliography; 17 Notes; 18 Index

About the Author

Robert Zimmerman