Astronautics books

Quantum Plasmas, pair plasmas and pair-ion plasmas exist under extreme conditions in planetary interiors and exotic...  Read More >>

Highlights a range of orbital maneuvering and control problems: orbital transfer, rendezvous, and halo orbit determination...  Read More >>

The revised third edition of this eminently practical, hands-on book discusses the range of launch vehicles in use...  Read More >>

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This is the first book of the satellite era which describes orbit theory with analytical solutions of the second...  Read More >>

Helps students and professionals understand the space environment and its impacts on spacecraft design, engineering,...  Read More >>

As a cub reporter, Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Albany, Georgia. In the decades...  Read More >>

Perfect for the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing in summer 2019! It took years of determination and believing...  Read More >>

Provides an examination of the events, decisions, and policies that may have contributed to the horrific destruction...  Read More >>

The first survey of the world's most significant and fascinating spacecraft at the dawn of the twenty-first century,...  Read More >>

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A comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor...  Read More >>

Chapter 3 launches the Salyut space station with its first crew to occupy the first space station, while Chapter...  Read More >>

The Yearbook on Space Policy aims to be the reference publication analyzing space policy developments. Each year...  Read More >>

Der Betrieb eines Verkehrsflugzeuges ist in eine hochkomplexe Aufgabe und bedarf der Beachtung vieler Parameter,...  Read More >>

The new edition of this comprehensive reference on astronomy observation methods and techniques includes recent...  Read More >>

To begin implementation of the Vision for Space Exploration (United States Space Exploration Policy), NASA has begun...  Read More >>

Published in partnership with NASA, this book includes eight reports where each sketches out a mission concept,...  Read More >>

Combustion instability has long been recognized as one of the important but difficult problems in the development...  Read More >>

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The amount of debris in space is growing at an alarming rate, raising concern about operational spacecraft colliding...  Read More >>

How human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate in flight—the lunar landings of NASA's...  Read More >>

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Thus a new class of advanced small satellite missions, including autonomously-operating “intelligent” satellites...  Read More >>