Astronautics books

A reference with details on launch programs around the world, performance data, flight records, failure descriptions...  Read More >>

This publication presents the proceedings of ICPMSE-6, the sixth international conference on Protection of Materials...  Read More >>

While the technological innovation and space exploration approach that McCurdy describes is still controversial,...  Read More >>

A former NASA engineer and astronautics professor offers down-to-earth advice and recommended reading on preparing...  Read More >>

In view of the highly dynamical and turbulent state of the interstellar medium, hot and cold temperature ?uctuations...  Read More >>

All typical and special modal and response analysis methods, applied within the frame of the design of spacecraft...  Read More >>

The breakup of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it reentered Earth's...  Read More >>

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Florida—land of perpetual sunshine, open spaces, and endless blue skies perfect for flying. Blimps, hot air balloons,...  Read More >>

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Dieses Buch, das in die Gebiete, Methoden und Ergebnisse der Extraterrestrischen Physik einführen möchte, wendet...  Read More >>

Taken directly from the NASA archives, this work presents the details of the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission, the overall...  Read More >>

A study of the development of the Saturn launch vehicle that took Americans to the moon in the 1960s and 1970s....  Read More >>

To expand our knowledge of the universe, scientists and engineers with the space program constantly confront new...  Read More >>

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This single source provides a comprehensive treatment of dynamics of aerospace systems starting with the fundamentals....  Read More >>

Then come four chapters reviewing the globular cluster system of early-type, late-type and dwarf galaxies, as well...  Read More >>

All previous books on Soviet manned space flights focus on the spacecraft and cosmonaut teams. This book provides...  Read More >>

This work presents the state-of-the-art in numerical and analytical techniques as well as future trends associated...  Read More >>

"A collection of papers presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science symposium held in Boston...  Read More >>

Describes the background, planning, accomplishment, and aftermath of Apollo 11, the first manned mission to land...  Read More >>

The global market and competition play a crucial part in the decision making processes within the Space and Air...  Read More >>

Rex Hall and Dave Shayler provide a history of the Soyuz spacecraft programme from conception, through development...  Read More >>

In this biography of Kalpana Chawla, journalist Anil Padmanabhan talks to friends and colleagues who knew her at...  Read More >>