Astronautics books

Written by well-known figures in space propulsion, this text provides accessible source material for design courses...  Read More >>

Cluster was one of the two missions - the other being the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) - constituting...  Read More >>

"""An excellent reference. This book has to be on the shelf of every space buff. "" --James Lovell, Commander, Apollo...  Read More >>

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has measured airborne contaminants in spacecraft during...  Read More >>

Artifacts of the dreams of the space age, beginning with imaginery designs from the start of the 20th century up...  Read More >>

This valuable textbook describes those subjects important to conceptual, competitive stages of propulsion design,...  Read More >>

The first of its kind, Journey to the Moon details the history and design of the computer that enabled U.S. astronauts...  Read More >>

Designed to be used as a graduate student textbook and a ready reference for the busy professional, Orbital Mechanics,...  Read More >>

This text presents the minimum requirements for conducting safe commercial launches of payloads into Earth orbit...  Read More >>

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Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics is the introduction to space life support systems and artificial ecosystems...  Read More >>

"This volume contains selected articles, originally published in ""Analog"" Magazine, concerning intriguing new...  Read More >>

Assesses whether the technology development, test and analysis programs in propulsion and materials-related technologies...  Read More >>

On January 28, 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off, killing the seven astronauts...  Read More >>

This proceedings contains 185 papers addressing the need to develop the resources of Greater Earth for humankind...  Read More >>

Provides a collection of the ideas of many of the leading engineers, scientists, and fusion energy specialists....  Read More >>

An aid to promote mutual understanding of the vocabulary and acronyms used by space science and the engineering...  Read More >>

A revolution similar to that brought by CCDs to visible astronomy is still ahead in IR and submillimeter astronomy....  Read More >>

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This work claims that the Nazi rocket engineers, led by Wernher von Braun, were not the naive dreamers of a space-age...  Read More >>

The classic story of endurance, heroism and survival, co-authored by the commander of the Apollo 13 mission.  Read More >>

Design (spacecraft configuration development, finite element analysis, mechanism development, designing for producibility,...  Read More >>

Freja is a joint Swedish and German satellite, launched on October 6, 1992 and orbiting at 600--1750 km, covering...  Read More >>

This text examines the impact of the Kennedy administration's depiction of Project Apollo as a great frontier adventure...  Read More >>

GIOTTO, das spektakulärste Raumprojekt seit der Mondlandung und ein Glanzstück der europäischen Raumforschung, wird...  Read More >>