Astronautics books

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Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising Questions about Space Travel

Do Your Ears Pop in Space? and 500 Other Surprising...

Author: R. Mike Mullane
ISBN: 9780471154044
Format: Paperback
$30.35

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

Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected Airborne Contaminants: Volume 3

Spacecraft Maximum Allowable Concentrations for Selected...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Earth and Life Studies
ISBN: 9780309056298
Format: Paperback
$118.80

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

Collecting the Space Race

Collecting the Space Race

Author: Stuart Schneider
ISBN: 9780887405358
Format: Paperback
$75.00

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

Spacecraft Propulsion

Spacecraft Propulsion

Author: Charles D. Brown
ISBN: 9781563471285
Format: Hardback
$211.07

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

Journey to the Moon

Journey to the Moon

Author: Eldon C. Hall
ISBN: 9781563471858
Format: Hardback
$158.27

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

Thermal Structures for Aerospace Applications

Thermal Structures for Aerospace Applications

Author: Earl A. Thornton
ISBN: 9781563471902
Format: Hardback
$261.34

As aircraft flight speeds have increased and orbital missions have mandated complex space structures, the need for...  Read More >>

Orbital Mechanics

Orbital Mechanics

Author: Vladimir A. Chobotov
ISBN: 9781563471797
Format: Hardback
$219.94

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

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Standard for Commercial Launch Safety

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Standard...

Author: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
ISBN: 9781563471971
Format: Paperback
$110.22

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

Modern Astrodynamics: Fundamentals and Perturbation Methods

Modern Astrodynamics: Fundamentals and Perturbation...

Author: Victor R. Bond ,  Mark C. Allman
ISBN: 9780691044590
Format: Hardback
$235.00

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Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics

Spaceflight Life Support and Biospherics

Author: P. Eckart
ISBN: 9780792338895
Format: Hardback
$446.16

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

Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space

Islands in the Sky: Bold New Ideas for Colonizing Space...

Author: Stanley Schmidt ,  Robert Zubrin
ISBN: 9780471135616
Format: Paperback
$49.50

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

Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and Test Program

Reusable Launch Vehicle: Technology Development and...

Author: National Research Council ,  Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
ISBN: 9780309054379
Format: Paperback
$71.28

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

The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture and Deviance at NASA

The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture...

Author: Diane Vaughan
ISBN: 9780226851754
Format: Hardback
$99.00

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

Engineering, Construction and Operations in Space V

Engineering, Construction and Operations in Space V...

Author: Stewart W. Johnson ,  Stewart W. Johnson
ISBN: 9780784401774
Format: Paperback
$362.25

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

Fusion Energy in Space Propulsion

Fusion Energy in Space Propulsion

Author: Terry Kammash
ISBN: 9781563471841
Format: Hardback
$287.21

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

Aiaa Standard Vocabulary for Space Automation and Robotics (S-066-1995)

Aiaa Standard Vocabulary for Space Automation and Robotics...

Author: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics ,  AIAA
ISBN: 9781563471322
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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

Thirteen: The Apollo Flight That Failed

Thirteen: The Apollo Flight That Failed

Author: Henry S.F. Cooper, Jr.
ISBN: 9780801850974
Format: Paperback
$58.99

On April 13, 1970 an explosion rocked the moon-bound Apollo 13 craft, 205,000 miles from Earth, damaging engines...  Read More >>

The Nazi Rocketeers: Dreams of Space and Crimes of War

The Nazi Rocketeers: Dreams of Space and Crimes of War...

Author: Dennis Piszkiewicz
ISBN: 9780275952174
Format: Hardback
$62.00

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

Apollo 13

Apollo 13

Author: James Lovell ,  Jeffrey Kluger
ISBN: 9780340638064
Format: Paperback
$24.99

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

Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms: From Concept to Launch

Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms: From Concept to...

Author: Thomas P. Sarafin ,  Wiley J. Larson
ISBN: 9780792334767
Format: Hardback
$630.96

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

The Freja Mission

The Freja Mission

Author: Rickard Lundin ,  Gerhard Haerendel
ISBN: 9780792333173
Format: Hardback
$382.80

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

Jenseits Von Halley: Die Erforschung Von Schweifsternen Durch Die Raumsonden Giotto Und Rosetta

Jenseits Von Halley: Die Erforschung Von Schweifsternen...

Author: Nigel Calder ,  D Fischer
ISBN: 9783540575856
Format: Hardback
$89.63

Begleiten Sie eines der spektakularsten Raumprojekte seit der Mondlandung! Das Buch fuhrt Sie durch alle Fehlschlage...  Read More >>

Selling Outer Space: Kennedy, the Media and Funding for Project Apollo, 1961-63

Selling Outer Space: Kennedy, the Media and Funding...

Author: James Lee Kauffman
ISBN: 9780817307479
Format: Hardback
$92.27

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

Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion

Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion

Author: Mohamed S. El-Genk ,  Mark D. Hoover
ISBN: 9781563963056
Format: Hardback
$726.00

This text includes papers from the 11th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power and Propulsion, covering topics including:...  Read More >>

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