Télécharger le livre :  Star Ark
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As space ventures have become more numerous, leading scientists and theorists have offered ways of building a living habitat in a hostile environment, taking an ‘ecosystems’ view of space colonization. The contributors to this volume take a radical...

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Parution : 2016-11-13
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Télécharger le livre :  Rock Legends
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This book relates the history of asteroid discoveries and christenings, from those of the early pioneering giants of Hersehel and Piazzi to modern-day amateurs. Moving from history and anecdotal information to science, the book's structure is provided by the names of...

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Parution : 2016-07-13
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Télécharger le livre :  In the Footsteps of Columbus
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The European Space Agency has a long history of human spaceflight, flying in space with both NASA and the Soviet/Russian space agencies over the years. This book tells the story of the ESA astronauts who have visited the International Space Station over its first...

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Parution : 2016-06-03
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Télécharger le livre :  Sigma 7
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Colin Burgess offers a comprehensive yet personal look at the 1962 orbital mission of Wally Schirra aboard the spacecraft Sigma 7, the first book about this popular pioneering astronaut which explores his entire life and accomplishments. This continues the...

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Parution : 2016-05-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Light Scattering Reviews, Volume 11
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This is the eleventh volume in the series Light Scattering Reviews, devoted to current knowledge of light scattering problems and both experimental and theoretical research techniques related to their solution. The focus of this volume is to describe modern advances in...

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Parution : 2016-05-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Uncharted Constellations
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This book compiles an array of interesting constellations that fell by the wayside before the IAU established the modern canon of constellations. That decision left out lesser known ones whose history is nevertheless interesting, but at last author John Barentine is...

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Télécharger le livre :  XCOR, Developing the Next Generation Spaceplane
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Employing the same informational approach Erik Seedhouse used in "SpaceX" and "Bigelow Aerospace", this new book familiarizes space enthusiasts with the company XCOR Aerospace and examines the design of the two-seater Lynx. The new spaceplane's low...

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Parution : 2016-03-29
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Télécharger le livre :  The Birth of NASA
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This is the story of the work of the original NASA space pioneers; men and women who were suddenly organized in 1958 from the then National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA) into the Space Task Group. A relatively small group, they developed the initial mission...

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Télécharger le livre :  The Life Story of an Infrared Telescope
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Written by one of the astronomers who 'lived the dream' of working there this book is a restrospectively expanded diary featuring the 'birth and long life' of what was a truely innovative telescope. Based on input received from people involved in its planning,...

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Parution : 2016-02-11
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Télécharger le livre :  Planetary Rovers
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The increasing adoption of terrain mobility – planetary rovers – for the investigation of planetary surfaces emphasises their central importance in space exploration. This imposes a completely new set of technologies and methodologies to the design of such spacecraft –...

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Parution : 2015-12-30
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Télécharger le livre :  Lunar and Interplanetary Trajectories
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This book provides readers with a clear description of the types of lunar and interplanetary trajectories, and how they influence satellite-system design. The description follows an engineering rather than a mathematical approach and includes many examples of lunar...

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Parution : 2015-12-23
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Télécharger le livre :  Monitoring Volcanoes in the North Pacific
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 This book provides a unique visual experience, showingsatellite images of volcanic eruptions worldwide anddetailed observations from the North Pacific ‘ring of fire’.Daily volcano monitoring and analysis from this region haveresulted in one of the most detailed...

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Parution : 2015-12-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Mars via the Moon
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MOMENTUM IS BUILDING for a return to the Moon. NASA’s international partners on the International Space Station are in favor of returning to the lunar surface, as are India and China. The horizon goal may be Mars, but the political, funding and the technological and...

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Parution : 2015-11-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Enhancing Hubble's Vision
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This book tells the story of the four missions to maintain Hubble's successful operation. Between 1997 and 2009 these repaired, serviced and upgraded the instruments on the telescope to maintain its state-of-the-art capabilities. It draws on first hand interviews...

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Parution : 2015-11-25
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Télécharger le livre :  Interkosmos
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This book focuses on the Interkosmos program, which was formed in 1967, marking a fundamentally new era of cooperation by socialist countries, led by the Soviet Union, in the study and exploration of space. The chapters shed light on the space program that was at that...

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Parution : 2015-11-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Human Missions to Mars
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A mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has been the ultimate goal of planetary exploration since the 1950s, when von Braun conjectured a flotilla of 10 interplanetary vessels carrying a crew of at least 70 humans. Since then, more than 1,000 studies...

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Parution : 2015-10-31
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Télécharger le livre :  Aurora 7
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TO A NATION enthralled by the heroic exploits of the Mercury astronauts, the launch of Lt. Cmdr. Scott Carpenter on NASA’s second orbital space flight was a renewed cause for pride, jubilation and celebration. Within hours, that excitement had given way to stunned...

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Parution : 2015-08-28
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Télécharger le livre :  Countdown to a Moon Launch
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Thousands of workers labored at Kennedy Space Center around the clock, seven days a week, for half a year to prepare a mission for the liftoff of Apollo 11. This is the story of what went on during those hectic six months.Countdown to a Moon Launch provides an in-depth...

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Parution : 2015-07-07
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Télécharger le livre :  Rocket Ranch
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Jonathan Ward takes the reader deep into the facilities at Kennedy Space Center to describe NASA’s first computer systems used for spacecraft and rocket checkout and explain how tests and launches proceeded. Descriptions of early operations include a harrowing account...

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Parution : 2015-06-26
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Télécharger le livre :  Humans in Space
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Awarded the 2016 International Academy of Astronautics Life Science Book Award!Using anecdotal reports from astronauts and cosmonauts, and the results from studies conducted in space analog environments on Earth and in the actual space environment, this book broadly...

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Parution : 2015-06-09
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