Astronautics books

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Non-Rocket Space Launch and Flight

Non-Rocket Space Launch and Flight

Author: Alexander Bolonkin
ISBN: 9780080447315
Format: Hardback
$296.96 $329.95

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International Study on Cost-effective Earth Observation Missions

International Study on Cost-effective Earth Observation...

Author: Rainer Sandau
ISBN: 9780415391368
Format: Hardback
$108.00 $120.00

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Recent Advances in Gossamer Spacecraft

Recent Advances in Gossamer Spacecraft

Author: Christopher H.M. Jenkins
ISBN: 9781563477775
Format: Hardback
$153.20

Solar sails are an obvious and public evidence of the gossamer technology trend. But, there have been many other...  Read More >>

USA in Space

USA in Space

Author: Russell R. Tobias ,  David G. Fisher
ISBN: 9781587652592
Format: Hardback
$483.16

Collects 280 essays on the major space programs, piloted and robotic missions, satellites, space centers, space...  Read More >>

50 Years in Space: What We Thought Then What We Know Now...

50 Years in Space: What We Thought Then What We Know...

Author: Sir Patrick Moore ,  David A. Hardy
ISBN: 9781904332602
Format: Paperback
$18.90

A sequel to the Challenge of the Stars . This work shows, for instance, how the surface of each planet and its...  Read More >>

Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy in the Human Settlement of Space

Return to the Moon: Exploration, Enterprise, and Energy...

Author: Harrison Schmitt
ISBN: 9780387242859
Format: Hardback
$36.49

Advocates a private, investor-based approach to returning humans to the Moon - to extract Helium 3 for energy production,...  Read More >>

Space Debris: Models and Risk Analysis

Space Debris: Models and Risk Analysis

Author: Heiner Klinkrad
ISBN: 9783540254485
Format: Hardback
$348.87

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Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program

Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space...

Author: Margaret A. Weitekamp
ISBN: 9780801883941
Format: Paperback
$37.95

Traces the rise and fall of the Lovelace Women in Space program within the context of the cold war and the thriving...  Read More >>

Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes

Apollo Moon Missions: The Unsung Heroes

Author: Billy W. Watkins
ISBN: 9780275987022
Format: Hardback
$61.23

This is the story of the men and women who helped land a man on the moon. They include Julian Scheer, a NASA publicist...  Read More >>

Return to the Moon

Return to the Moon

Author: Rick Tumlinson ,  Erin Medlicott
ISBN: 9781894959322
Format: Paperback
$53.96 $59.95

Top experts and major players behind the United States's push to the moon fuel a debate over lunar exploration....  Read More >>

Small Satellites for Earth Observation: Selected Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium of the International Academy of Astronautics, Berlin, April 4-8 2005

Small Satellites for Earth Observation: Selected Proceedings...

Author: Hans-Peter Roser ,  Rainer Sandau
ISBN: 9783110188516
Format: Paperback
$112.40

Presents selected contributions of the 5th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, April 4-8, 2005,...  Read More >>

Nasa: The Complete Illustrated History

Nasa: The Complete Illustrated History

Author: Michael H. Gorn ,  Buzz Aldrin
ISBN: 9781858942544
Format: Hardback
$52.48 $58.32

First illustrated history of NASA with a foreword by Buzz Aldrin. Covers every US space mission ever undertaken...  Read More >>

All American Boys: An Insider's Look at the U.S. Space Program

All American Boys: An Insider's Look at the U.S. Space...

Author: Walter R. Cunningham
ISBN: 9781596873452
Format: Paperback
$22.27 $24.74

A memoir that presents various astronauts. It offers a view of the astropolitics that guided the functioning of...  Read More >>

Rocketdyne: Powering Humans into Space

Rocketdyne: Powering Humans into Space

Author: Robert S. Kraemer
ISBN: 9781563477546
Format: Paperback
$58.32

From the first US orbiting satellite, to Neil Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin's walk on the Moon, almost every achievement...  Read More >>

The Rocket Company

The Rocket Company

Author: Patrick Stiennon ,  David Hoerr
ISBN: 9781563476969
Format: Paperback
$51.02

An account of the challenges faced by a group of investors and their engineering team in developing a low-cost,...  Read More >>

Spacecraft Sensors

Spacecraft Sensors

Author: Mohamed M. Abid
ISBN: 9780470865279
Format: Hardback
$112.50 $125.00

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Marswalk One: First Steps on a New Planet

Marswalk One: First Steps on a New Planet

Author: David Shayler ,  Andy Salmon
ISBN: 9781852337926
Format: Paperback
$72.91

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Basic Research and Technologies for Two-state-to-orbit Vehicles: Collaborative Research Centre

Basic Research and Technologies for Two-state-to-orbit...

Author: Dieter Jacob ,  Gottfried Sachs
ISBN: 9783527277353
Format: Hardback
$396.00 $440.00

Focusing on basic aspects of future reusable space transportation systems and covering overall design, aerodynamics,...  Read More >>

Big Dish: Building America's Deep Space Connection to the Planets

Big Dish: Building America's Deep Space Connection to...

Author: Douglas Mudgway
ISBN: 9780813028057
Format: Hardback
$51.02

The success of the US quest to explore space depends upon NASA's Deep Space Network, a grid that provides the antennas...  Read More >>

Fundamentals of Space Systems

Fundamentals of Space Systems

Author: Vincent L. Pisacane ,  Vincent L. Pisacane
ISBN: 9780195162059
Format: Hardback
$169.16 $187.95

Suitable for undergraduate or graduate courses in space systems engineering or space system design, this book is...  Read More >>

Science in NASA's Vision for Space Exploration

Science in NASA's Vision for Space Exploration

Author: Committee on the Scientific Context for Space Exploration ,  National Research Council
ISBN: 9780309095938
Format: Paperback
$19.71 $21.90

In June 2004, the President's Commission issued a report recommending that NASA ask the National Research Council...  Read More >>

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems: Enabling Technologies for Space Exploration

Future Spacecraft Propulsion Systems: Enabling Technologies...

Author: Paul A. Czysz ,  Claudio Bruno
ISBN: 9783540231615
Format: Hardback
$319.67

Putting spacecraft propulsion systems in perspective, this book presents the need to break free from the old established...  Read More >>

Spacecraft Power Systems

Spacecraft Power Systems

Author: Mukund R. Patel
ISBN: 9780849327865
Format: Hardback
$238.50 $265.00

Presents information on the various aspects of spacecraft power system design, analysis, and operation for various...  Read More >>

Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space Program

Right Stuff, Wrong Sex: America's First Women in Space...

Author: Margaret A. Weitekamp
ISBN: 9780801879944
Format: Hardback
$80.28

On June 17, 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. Unlike every previous milestone...  Read More >>

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