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Languages : en
Pages : 852
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Space Shuttle Program, Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB)
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Pages : 852
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The Space Shuttle Program
Author: Davide Sivolella
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319549464
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This book tells the story of the Space Shuttle in its many different roles as orbital launch platform, orbital workshop, and science and technology laboratory. It focuses on the technology designed and developed to support the missions of the Space Shuttle program. Each mission is examined, from both the technical and managerial viewpoints. Although outwardly identical, the capabilities of the orbiters in the late years of the program were quite different from those in 1981. Sivolella traces the various improvements and modifications made to the shuttle over the years as part of each mission story. Technically accurate but with a pleasing narrative style and simple explanations of complex engineering concepts, the book provides details of many lesser known concepts, some developed but never flown, and commemorates the ingenuity of NASA and its partners in making each Space Shuttle mission push the boundaries of what we can accomplish in space.Using press kits, original papers, newspaper and magazine articles, memoirs and interviews, this book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of the shuttle’s many missions and will refocus interest on a remarkable flying machine and space program that is often pushed to the background.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3319549464
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
This book tells the story of the Space Shuttle in its many different roles as orbital launch platform, orbital workshop, and science and technology laboratory. It focuses on the technology designed and developed to support the missions of the Space Shuttle program. Each mission is examined, from both the technical and managerial viewpoints. Although outwardly identical, the capabilities of the orbiters in the late years of the program were quite different from those in 1981. Sivolella traces the various improvements and modifications made to the shuttle over the years as part of each mission story. Technically accurate but with a pleasing narrative style and simple explanations of complex engineering concepts, the book provides details of many lesser known concepts, some developed but never flown, and commemorates the ingenuity of NASA and its partners in making each Space Shuttle mission push the boundaries of what we can accomplish in space.Using press kits, original papers, newspaper and magazine articles, memoirs and interviews, this book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of the shuttle’s many missions and will refocus interest on a remarkable flying machine and space program that is often pushed to the background.
The U.S. Air Force in Space, 1945 to the Twenty-First Century: Proceedings
Author: Air Force Historical Foundation. Symposium
Publisher: Department of the Air Force
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics addressed are: Pt. 1, The Formative Years, 1945-1961; Pt. 2, Mission Development and Exploitation Since 1961; and Pt. 3, Military Space Today and Tomorrow. Includes notes, abbreviations & acronyms, an index, and photographs.
Publisher: Department of the Air Force
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Contains papers presented at the Air Force Historical Foundation Symposium, held at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, on September 21-22, 1995. Topics addressed are: Pt. 1, The Formative Years, 1945-1961; Pt. 2, Mission Development and Exploitation Since 1961; and Pt. 3, Military Space Today and Tomorrow. Includes notes, abbreviations & acronyms, an index, and photographs.
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Program
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Languages : en
Pages : 604
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Pages : 604
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NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1975
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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Languages : en
Pages : 1372
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Languages : en
Pages : 1372
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The Space Station
Author: Hans Mark
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822307273
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This insider's account, a penetrating view of science policy and politics during two presidencies, captures the euphoria that characterized the space program in the late seventies and early eighties and furnishes an invaluable perspective on the Challenger tragedy and the future of the United States in space. President Reagan's approval of $8 billion for the construction of a permanently manned orbiting space station climaxed one of the most important political and technological debates in the history of the U.S. program in space. In The Space Station the story of this debate is told by Hans mark, who had major roles in the development of the space shuttle from its beginnings in the sixties and who bore a primary responsibility for overseeing the space station project during the decisive years from 1981 to 1984. Mark's appointment to the post of deputy administrator of NASA capped a career devoted to the development and management of space technology—he served as director of NASA's Ames Research Center, then as under secretary and later secretary of the U.S. Air Force. Serving under both President Carter and President Reagan, mark is uniquely able to chronicle the intricate process by which the space shuttle became a reality and the space station an acknowledged goal of the American space effort. A scientist by training, Mark's account of his career in the space program is the story of a personal dream as well as the story of a vast public enterprise whose human side is only now being fully appreciated.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822307273
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This insider's account, a penetrating view of science policy and politics during two presidencies, captures the euphoria that characterized the space program in the late seventies and early eighties and furnishes an invaluable perspective on the Challenger tragedy and the future of the United States in space. President Reagan's approval of $8 billion for the construction of a permanently manned orbiting space station climaxed one of the most important political and technological debates in the history of the U.S. program in space. In The Space Station the story of this debate is told by Hans mark, who had major roles in the development of the space shuttle from its beginnings in the sixties and who bore a primary responsibility for overseeing the space station project during the decisive years from 1981 to 1984. Mark's appointment to the post of deputy administrator of NASA capped a career devoted to the development and management of space technology—he served as director of NASA's Ames Research Center, then as under secretary and later secretary of the U.S. Air Force. Serving under both President Carter and President Reagan, mark is uniquely able to chronicle the intricate process by which the space shuttle became a reality and the space station an acknowledged goal of the American space effort. A scientist by training, Mark's account of his career in the space program is the story of a personal dream as well as the story of a vast public enterprise whose human side is only now being fully appreciated.
Department of Defense appropriations for 1989
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 932
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Department of Defense Appropriations for 1989: Research, development, test, and evaluation
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Department of Defense Appropriations for ...
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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Languages : en
Pages : 1286
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Languages : en
Pages : 1286
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Department of Defense appropriations for 1988
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Department of Defense
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 902
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