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David J. Shayler Gemini 4 The flight of Gemini 4 in June 1965 was conducted barely four years after the first Americans flew in space. It was a bold step by NASA to accomplish the first American spacewalk and to extend the U.S. flight duration record to four days. This would be double the... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-12-18 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 42,19 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
George H. Shaw Great Moments in the History of Life A non-technical (but serious) treatment of those parts of Earth history leading up to human history, as well as some pre-historical aspects of humanity. Many “events” in Earth’s history necessarily preceded the emergence of human beings (and intelligence). Geology has... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-12-04 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 36,91 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Umberto Cavallaro The Race to the Moon Chronicled in Stamps, Postcards, and Postmarks The story of the famed race to the Moon between the US and the USSR has been told countless times.The strategies of these two superpowers have often been paralleled in a way that highlights their fight for dominance and efforts to develop needed new technologies. This... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-10-05 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 39,02 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
David S. Stevenson Granite Skyscrapers In this book, David Stevenson offers us a look at the evolution of planets as they move from balls of mixed molten rock to vibrant worlds capable of hosting life. Embedded in our everyday architecture and in the literal ground beneath our feet, granite and its kin lie... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-08-31 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 40,08 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Manfred "Dutch" Von Ehrenfried Apollo Mission Control This book describes the history of this now iconic room which represents America’s space program during the Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz and early Space Shuttle eras. It is now a National Historic Landmark and is being restored to a level which represents... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-06-21 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF 36,91 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Michael Carroll , Rosaly Lopes Antarctica: Earth's Own Ice World In 2016, scientist Rosaly Lopes and artist Michael Carroll teamed up as fellows of the National Science Foundation to travel to Mount Erebus, the world’s southernmost active volcano in Antarctica. The logistics of getting there and complex operations of Antarctica's... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-05-16 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF 47,46 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Rene Laufer , Scott Madry , Peter Martinez Innovative Design, Manufacturing and Testing of Small Satellites This book details key trends involving the recent formation of scores of companies that build and launch small satellites or provide key components for small satellite constellations. The applications and usage are quite diverse and include student experiments, serious... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-05-12 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 94,94 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Emily Lakdawalla The Design and Engineering of Curiosity This book describes the most complex machine ever sent to another planet: Curiosity. It is a one-ton robot with two brains, seventeen cameras, six wheels, nuclear power, and a laser beam on its head. No one human understands how all of its systems and instruments work.... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-03-27 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF 34,80 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
David J. Shayler Gemini Flies! In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. With just a handful of years to pull it off, NASA authorized the Project Gemini space program, which gathered vital knowledge needed to achieve... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-03-26 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF 47,46 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Donald W. Olson Further Adventures of the Celestial Sleuth From the author of "Celestial Sleuth" (2014), yet more mysteries in art, history, and literature are solved by calculating phases of the Moon, determining the positions of the planets and stars, and identifying celestial objects in paintings. In addition to helping... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-01-31 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF 58,01 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Donald Rapp Use of Extraterrestrial Resources for Human Space Missions to Moon or Mars This book presents a detailed, independent review of essentially all the technical aspects of “in situ resource utilization” (ISRU), offering the first in-depth discussion of the issues of crew size, ascent from Mars, and ISRU processes. It also provides data on lunar... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-01-19 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF 94,94 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Haym Benaroya Building Habitats on the Moon Designing a habitat for the lunar surface? You will need to know more than structural engineering. There are the effects of meteoroids, radiation, and low gravity. Then there are the psychological and psychosocial aspects of living in close... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2018-01-11 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF 47,46 € J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Brian Harvey Discovering the Cosmos with Small Spacecraft Explorer was the original American space program andExplorer 1 its first satellite, launched in 1958. Sixty years later, it is the longest continuously running space program in the world, demonstrating to the world how we can explore the cosmos with small spacecraft.... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-11-24 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 39,02 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Claudio Bruno , Bernd Chudoba , Paul A. Czysz Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems and Integration The updated and expanded third edition of this book focuses on the multi-disciplinary coupling between flight-vehicle hardware alternatives and enabling propulsion systems. It discusses how to match near-term and far-term aerospace vehicles to missions and provides a... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-08-30 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 179,34 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
David J. Shayler Assembling and Supplying the ISS The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration. But without the Space Shuttle, it would have remained an impossible dream. Assembling and Supplying the ISS is the story of how, between 1998 and 2011, the Shuttle... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-07-20 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 42,19 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
J.B. Williams The Electric Century This book is about how electricity has profoundly changed the way we live, work, and play. Some twenty topics are covered, with an abundance of graphs and images to build a comprehensive picture. Each looks at the developments, and the people who initiated them,... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-06-29 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 28,47 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
David J. Shayler Linking the Space Shuttle and Space Stations How could the newly authorized space shuttle help in the U.S. quest to build a large research station in Earth orbit? As a means of transporting goods, the shuttle could help supply the parts to the station. But how would the two entitles be physically linked?Docking... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-06-27 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 28,47 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Colin Burgess , David J. Shayler The Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts Resulting from the authors’ deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book. The often extraordinary backgrounds and personal ambitions of these skilled pilots, chosen to... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-06-19 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Davide Sivolella The Space Shuttle Program This book tells the story of the Space Shuttle in its many different roles as orbital launch platform, orbital workshop, and science and technology laboratory. It focuses on the technology designed and developed to support the missions of the Space Shuttle program. Each... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-06-09 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 52,74 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
Franklin Chang Díaz , Erik Seedhouse To Mars and Beyond, Fast! As advanced in-space propulsion moves from science fiction to reality, the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, or VASIMR® engine, is a leading contender for making 'Mars in a month' a possibility. A paradigm shift... Editeur : Springer Parution : 2017-06-03 Collection : Springer Praxis Books Format(s) : PDF, ePub 39,02 € PDF ePub J'achète Téléchargement immédiat Dès validation de votre commande
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