Astronautics books

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Large Space Structures Formed by Centrifugal Forces

Large Space Structures Formed by Centrifugal Forces...

Author: V A Koshelev (RSC Energia, Russia) ,  V M Melnikov
ISBN: 9789056991128
Format: Hardback
$147.00

This work describes a feasible means of constructing such a reflector as well as simple, reliable and low-cost...  Read More >>

Magnetic Attitude Control for Low Earth Orbit Satellites

Magnetic Attitude Control for Low Earth Orbit Satellites...

Author: Rafal Wisniewski
ISBN: 9783540762478
Format: Hardback
$145.07

Focusing on new theoretical results in linear and nonlinear systems, this book explores important applications for...  Read More >>

The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution

The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution...

Author: Frank White
ISBN: 9781563472602
Format: Hardback
$131.87

Using interviews with and writings by twenty-nine astronauts and cosmonauts, Frank White shows how experiences such...  Read More >>

A Practical Guide to Building Small Gas Blimps

A Practical Guide to Building Small Gas Blimps

Author: F Marc de Piolenc ,  Robert J Rechs
ISBN: 9781537361451
Format: Paperback
$87.12

A blimp-a nonrigid dirigible airship to give it its full formal title-is not a trivial construction project, regardless...  Read More >>

Frontiers of Space Exploration

Frontiers of Space Exploration

Author: Roger D. Launius
ISBN: 9780313299681
Format: Hardback
$123.95

The most up-to-date one-stop source of information, analysis, biographical profiles, and key primary documents on...  Read More >>

Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control

Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control

Author: Bong Wie
ISBN: 9781563472619
Format: Hardback
$152.95

Space Vehicle Dynamics and Control provides a solid foundation in mathematics modeling, analysis, and control of...  Read More >>

Spacecraft Navigation and Guidance

Spacecraft Navigation and Guidance

Author: Maxwell Noton
ISBN: 9783540762485
Format: Hardback
$211.07

This text brings together literature on the navigation and guidance of spacecraft. It covers the orbital mechanics,...  Read More >>

High-energy Solar Phenomena - A New Era of Spacecraft Measurements: Proceedings of the Workshop Held in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire, March 1993

High-energy Solar Phenomena - A New Era of Spacecraft...

Author: James M. Ryan ,  W.Thomas Vestrand
ISBN: 9781563962912
Format: Hardback
$290.40

This text details the major measurements taken by the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, as well as GRANAT, Yohkoh,...  Read More >>

Life Sciences: Life Support Systems Studies I

Life Sciences: Life Support Systems Studies I

Author: R. M. Wheeler ,  J. L. Garland
ISBN: 9780080433073
Format: Paperback
$199.24

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The Cosmos on a Shoestring: Small Spacecraft for Space and Earth Science

The Cosmos on a Shoestring: Small Spacecraft for Space...

Author: Liam Sarsfield
ISBN: 9780833025289
Format: Paperback
$39.60

Unmanned spacecraft form the backbone of our efforts to conduct research in space.  Read More >>

Space Vehicle Mechanisms: Elements of Successful Design

Space Vehicle Mechanisms: Elements of Successful Design...

Author: Peter L. Conley (PC Engineering & Software, Sedona, Arizona)
ISBN: 9780471121411
Format: Hardback
$418.95

The first comprehensive reference on the design, analysis, and application of space vehicle mechanisms Space Vehicle...  Read More >>

Space Technology and Applications International Forum - 1998

Space Technology and Applications International Forum...

Author: S. El-Genk (University of New Mexico, USA)
ISBN: 9781563967474
Format: Hardback
$844.80

A set of three casebound volumes, discussing space technology and applications.  Read More >>

Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital Debris

Protecting the Space Shuttle from Meteoroids and Orbital...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
ISBN: 9780309059886
Format: Paperback
$76.56

The space shuttle orbiter has already been struck many times by small meteoroids and orbital debris, but it has...  Read More >>

Spacecraft Mission Design

Spacecraft Mission Design

Author: Charles D. Brown
ISBN: 9781563472626
Format: Mixed media product
$211.07

Spacecraft Mission Design, Second Edition takes the shortest route to practical understanding of mission design....  Read More >>

Orbital Mechanics: Theory and Applications

Orbital Mechanics: Theory and Applications

Author: Tom Logsdon
ISBN: 9780471146360
Format: Hardback
$288.95

A lively study of orbital mechanics by the writer responsible for the computer simulations and systems analysis...  Read More >>

Space, the Dormant Frontier: Changing the Paradigm for the 21st Century

Space, the Dormant Frontier: Changing the Paradigm for...

Author: Joan Johnson-Freese ,  Roger Handberg
ISBN: 9780275958879
Format: Hardback
$140.00

An examination of the state of the U.S. space program as a whole. Part of the authors' treatise is that the two...  Read More >>

Voyager Tales: Personal Views of the Grand Tour

Voyager Tales: Personal Views of the Grand Tour

Author: David W. Swift ,  Norman R. Augustine
ISBN: 9781563472527
Format: Paperback
$144.90

In 1977, Voyager 1 and 2 journeyed to the outer planets, gathering information about Jupiter and Saturn and sending...  Read More >>

Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space

Advanced Technology for Human Support in Space

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
ISBN: 9780309057448
Format: Paperback
$97.68

Written in response to a request from NASA to evaluate its Advanced Human Support Technology Program. This report...  Read More >>

First Manned Spaceflight: Russia's Quest for Space

First Manned Spaceflight: Russia's Quest for Space

Author: Nova Science Publishers Inc ,  Alexander Sabelnikov
ISBN: 9781560724025
Format: Hardback
$102.96

First Manned Spaceflight Russia's Quest For Space  Read More >>

Critical Papers in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion, 1984-93

Critical Papers in Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion,...

Author: Mohamed S. El-Genk
ISBN: 9781563963179
Format: Hardback
$382.80

This volume contains 12 review papers by prominent members of the space nuclear propulsion research community, summarizing...  Read More >>

Structures Technology: Historical Perspective and Evolution

Structures Technology: Historical Perspective and Evolution...

Author: Ahmed K. Noor
ISBN: 9781563471162
Format: Paperback
$184.67

"Drawn from the pages of ""Aeorspace America"" and its predecessors, this text rescues the insights, concerns, and...  Read More >>

Propulsion and Power: Propulsion Techniques - Action and Reaction

Propulsion and Power: Propulsion Techniques - Action...

Author: Peter J. Turchi
ISBN: 9781563471155
Format: Paperback
$184.67

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

The Cluster and Phoenix Missions

The Cluster and Phoenix Missions

Author: C.P. Escoubet ,  R. Schmidt
ISBN: 9780792344117
Format: Hardback
$789.36

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

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