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Télécharger le livre :  The Saturn V F-1 Engine
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The Saturn V F-1 Engine


Anthony Young


When the mighty Rocketdyne F-1 engine was conceived in the late 1950s for the U.S. Air Force, it had no defined mission and there was no launch vehicle it could power. It was a bold concept to push the technological envelope of rocket propulsion in order...

Parution : 2019-02-19
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Éditeur : Praxis
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Télécharger le livre :  Prepare for Launch
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Prepare for Launch


Erik Seedhouse


Today's astronauts require many different abilities. They must not only be expert in performing flight simulations but must also be proficient in such dissimilar subjects as photography, thermodynamics, electrical repairs, flight procedures, oceanography, public...

Parution : 2018-10-10
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Télécharger le livre :  The Hubble Space Telescope
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The Hubble Space Telescope


David M. Harland , David J. Shayler


The highly successful Hubble Space Telescope was meant to change our view and understanding of the universe. Within weeks of its launch in 1990, however, the space community was shocked to find out that the primary mirror of the telescope was flawed. It was only the...

Parution : 2015-11-25
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Télécharger le livre :  The First Men on the Moon
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The First Men on the Moon


David M. Harland


On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth. One month later, President John F. Kennedy challenged the American nation to land a man on the Moon before the decade was out. On 16 July 1969, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin set...

Parution : 2007-10-14
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Télécharger le livre :  The Sky is Your Laboratory
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The Sky is Your Laboratory


Robert Buchheim


For the experienced amateur astronomer who is wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and permanent that can be done with his or her observational skills, the answer is, "Yes, you can!" This is the book for the experienced amateur astronomer who is ready to...

Parution : 2007-10-04
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Télécharger le livre :  NASA's Scientist-Astronauts
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NASA's Scientist-Astronauts


Colin Burgess , Shayler David


Mounting pressure in the early 1960s from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study ways of expanding the role of astronauts to conduct science on future space missions led to NASA’s conclusion that flying scientifically trained crewmembers would generate greater...

Parution : 2007-09-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Space Systems Failures
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Space Systems Failures


David M. Harland , Ralph Lorenz


In the 1960s and 1970s deep space missions were dispatched in pairs in case one was lost in launch or failed during its journey. Following the triumphs of the Viking landings on Mars in 1976 and both Voyagers spacecraft successfully surveying the outer giant planets of...

Parution : 2007-09-14
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Télécharger le livre :  US Spacesuits
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US Spacesuits


Harold J. Mcmann , Kenneth S. Thomas


Ken Thomas and Joe McMann have produced a magni?cent treatise on spacesuits, spacewalking, life support systems and escape systems. US Spacesuits is historical, massively comprehensive, precise, informative, relevant and readable. As an astronaut I spent 30 years in...

Parution : 2007-09-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration
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Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration


Brian Harvey


When, in July 1969, the Americans decisively beat the Soviet Union in the race to put an astronaut on the moon, this event had profound historical, scientific and political implications. This book tells the story of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme, from its...

Parution : 2007-08-17
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Télécharger le livre :  Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006
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Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006


Shayler David , Tim Furniss , Michael D. Shayler


Praxis Log of Manned Spaceflight 1961-2006 will open with a section entitled: Quest for Space, which will provide an explanation of the methods employed to get in and out of orbit and brief overviews of the different international space programmes. It will be a complete...

Parution : 2007-08-17
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