posted 05-08-2012 07:08 AM               

"Manned Spaceflight Log" discusses over 40 recent spaceflights from September 2006 through September 2012, a time of great change in human spaceflight history. Following on from "Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006," the authors continue the story until the end of September 2012, with new chapters detailing the development and accomplishments of human spaceflight, expanded tables and additional photographs, many in color, throughout.

The book opens with a new foreword by Colonel Alfred M. Worden, USAF Retired, NASA Astronaut and CMP of Apollo 15, which reflects on the changing history of human spaceflight and the prospects for future operations.

The first chapter explains how human spaceflight has approached the different challenges of exploring space and provided the hardware to meet those challenges. This chapter also describes the various attempts to reach orbital flight and the often confusing distinction between ballistic, sub-orbital, and so-called 'astro-flights' of the X-15 rocket research aircraft program.

Chapter 2 recalls key historic moments and missions across five decades of human spaceflight. Each decade has provided useful lessons for the next and a foundation forfuture achievement. The new mission entries are collected in the third section in chronological order. A review of the next steps in human spaceflight, including plans to occupy the International Space Station well into the 2020s and the growth of the Chinese manned space program including a large space station and planned base on the Moon is discussed in Chapter 4.

The tables provide a complete up-to-date overview of human spaceflight operations and experience from April 1961 to September 2012 and a selected chronology of important milestones from those years. Completing the book is a comprehensive bibliography that lists all the major Springer-Praxis human spaceflight titles and other important works that provide the reader with a resource to continue further research.

• Paperback, 430 pages
  
• Springer (April 5, 2013)
  
• ISBN-10: ‎1461445760
  
• ISBN-13: ‎978-1461445760

posted 06-03-2012 10:57 AM               

There are other titles in preparation both with larger publishing companies and through AIS. These and other productions will be found via the new updated AIS website.

posted 09-23-2021 08:21 AM               

Since the previous volume I have been keeping the entries up to date pending formal confirmation of publication.

Initial my brother Mike and I planned to take the third volume up to December 2020, and the close of a decade. Then the next installment would have run from 2021 to 2030.

In discussion with Springer this idea changed for several reasons. This year has also seen a significant change in human spaceflight operations that really need recording soon. Therefore our current plan it to take the third log up to the end of 2022 and record ten years of human spaceflight operations from the end of the second volume. This would encompass the more recent missions and milestones.

posted 09-23-2021 05:11 PM            

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Originally posted by Dave Shayler:
...the next installment would have run from 2021 to 2030.

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posted 06-01-2023 03:43 AM               

The past few years have been challenging for all of us in many ways, and understandably this includes the publishing industry. The cost of raw materials, energy, postage, and ever-evolving developments in the format of books produced, both printed and electronically, have all contributed to the issues that have to be addressed.

In addition on a more personal note, after a difficult past year, my schedule had to change significantly. Though I am pleased to report work on the next book in the Gemini series has resumed, with other contracted titles being rescheduled to a new timetable.

The details of those will be announced as they approach completion, and of course HSF Volume III and perhaps even Vol IV will form part of that schedule.

I can also reveal that, with the cooperation of my brother Mike, working on upgrading and expanding the AIS website is another major project under current development.

Of course, my work as the current Editor for the BIS Space Chronicle magazine continues with encouragement for new contributions on space history for that publication. The objective is to expand the content and increase the frequency of the magazine over the next few years.

Unfortunately, the changes in my personal situation have also meant that, after a wonderful ten years and four decades of attendance, I am no longer able to coordinate the annual BIS Forum the way I would wish.