Ebooks de David M. Harland en PDF et EPUB

7 Livre(s)
Télécharger le livre : Enhancing Hubble's Vision
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Enhancing Hubble's Vision
David M. Harland , David J. Shayler
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...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2015-11-25
Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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42,19 €
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...

Editeur : Praxis
Parution : 2015-11-25
Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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47,46 €
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...

Editeur : Praxis
Parution : 2007-10-14
Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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58,01 €
Télécharger le livre : Water and the Search for Life on Mars
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Water and the Search for Life on Mars
David M. Harland
Mars has long been believed to have been cold, dead and dry for aeons, but there is now striking new proof that not only wasMars a relatively warm and wet place in geologically recent times, but that even today there are vast reserves of water frozen beneath the...

Editeur : Praxis
Parution : 2007-09-24
Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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31,64 €
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...

Editeur : Praxis
Parution : 2007-09-14
Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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58,01 €
Télécharger le livre : Cassini at Saturn
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Cassini at Saturn
David M. Harland
Cassini At Saturn – Huygens Results brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. Cassini entered orbit around Saturn June 2004 so this update includes 8 months of...

Editeur : Praxis
Parution : 2007-08-19
Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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39,02 €
Télécharger le livre : Apollo
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Apollo
David M. Harland , Richard W. Orloff
On 25 May 1961, John F Kennedy announced the goal of landing an American man on the Moon by the end of the decade. This challenge forced NASA to review the planned lunar landing of a three-man spaceship named Apollo in the mid-1970s. In 1962, it was decided that a...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2006-08-29
Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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79,11 €