Challenges of Human Space Exploration (Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences) (2000. XXII, 259 p. w. 190 figs. 24 cm)

This book tells the story of what was accomplished during the Shuttle-Mir programme based on the interviews granted to the author by three of the astronauts. It describes the experiments they undertook during the Apollo/Soyuz and Shuttle-Mir programmes and the lessons learned.