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U.S.-Soviet Cooperation in Space

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Virgin GalacticThe First Ten Years

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Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology, 1997–2011 Volume 2

Following the first volume of Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology, which recounted the period from the first spacewalks in 1965 to the end of the Shuttle-Mir program in 1997, this second volume of Walking to...

The Global Exploration Roadmap

Human and robotic exploration of the Moon, asteroids, and Mars will strengthen and enrich humanity’s future, bringing nations together in a common cause, revealing new knowledge, inspiring people, and...

X-15: Extending the Frontiers of Flight / X-15:

The X-15 was an airplane of accelerations. When an X-15 pilot looks back on his X-15 flights, it is the accelerations he remembers. The first of these sensations was the acceleration due to B-52 lift, which...

The hypersonic revolution. Case studies in the history of hypersonic technology Tom 1

The Hypersonic Revolution began as a study effort while I was Director of the Special Staff Office at the Aeronautical Systems Division of Air Force Systems Command (ASD, now the Aeronautical Systems Center of...

X-15 Flight manual

X-15 — экспериментальный самолёт, оснащённый ракетными двигателями. Основная задача Х-15 — изучение условий полета...

The hypersonic revolution. Case studies in the history of hypersonic technology Tom 2

The Hypersonic Revolution began as a study effort while I was Director of the Special Staff Office at the Aeronautical Systems Division of Air Force Systems Command (ASD, now the Aeronautical Systems Center of...

SPACE and the UNITED STATES NAVY

100 Iconic Rockets, Shuttles, and Satellites That Put Us in Space

Spacecraft takes a long look at humankind’s attempts and advances in leaving Earth through incredible illustrations and authoritatively written profiles on Sputnik, the International Space Station, and...

Spaceplane HERMESEurope’s Dream of Independent Manned Spaceflight

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Space Shuttle Challenger. Ten Journeys into the Unknown

Ironically, the loss of Challenger in January 1986 fired my interest in space exploration more than any other single event. I was nine years old. My parents were, at the time, midway through moving house and,...

Space Exploration

Продолжение серии иллюстрированных энциклопедий от издательства Britannica. Данная энциклопедия посвящена теме...

Space Exploration Triumphs and Tragedies Kim Masters Evans

Space Exploration: Triumphs and Tragedies is part of the Information Plus Reference Series. The purpose of each volume of the series is to present the latest facts on a topic of pressing concern in modern...

Spaceplanes. From Airport to Spaceport

Space Ship The Story of the X-15

Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rockets and Space Probes

Серия книг издательства Praxis Publishing посвящена освоению человечеством космического пространства. Каждая книга...

Spacewalker: My Journey in Space and Faith as NASA’s Record-Setting Frequent Flyer

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR SPACEWALKER “Spacewalker is the book for anyone who ever dreamed of flying in space.” –Neil ArmStroNg, Commander of Apollo 11 “this is the story of one man’s lifelong quest to...

Star wars nor sanctuary. Constraining the military uses of space.

Land, sea, and air—those are three environments where wars are waged. That is why the United States, like most countries, has three branches of armed forces: an army, a navy, and an air force. But with the...

The Complete Book of Spaceflight: From Apollo 1 to Zero Gravity

The Complete Book of Spaceflight compiles more than 3,000 extensively cross-referenced entries, spanning every historic milestone and technological achievement in the quest to conquer space. In this...

The First Decade of Space Research

JPL опубликовала небольшую брошюру в ознаменование десятой годовщины запуска Эксплорера-1 1 февраля 1958 года. Бывший...

Soviet Rocket Fighters

Soviet Space Mythologies: Public images, private memories, and the making of cultural identity

Mythologies explores the history of the Soviet human space program within a political and cultural context, giving particular attention to the two professional groups—space engineers and cosmonauts—who...

Polska w kosmosie Wydawnictwa Komunikacji i LacznosciСерия: Biblioteczka Skrzydlatej Polski 01

książeczki z serii » Biblioteczka Skrzydlatej Polski» wydawane w latach 70 i 80.

Partnership in Space: The Mid to Late Nineties

April 12, 2011 was the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering journey into space. To commemorate this momentous achievement, Springer-Praxis has produced a mini-series of books that reveals how...

Picturing the Cosmos A Visual History of Early Soviet Space Endeavoк

Pursuit of Power: NASA’s Propulsion Systems Laboratory No. 1 and 2

The NASA Glenn History Office has undertaken the task of documenting many of its historic facilities. Histories of the Icing Research Tunnel, Plum Brook Reactor Facility, Rocket Engine Test Facility, and...

Proceedings of the X-15 First Flight 30th Anniversary Celebration

Credit for the concept of a celebration to mark the 30th anniversary of the first free flight of the X-15 rocket powered research aircraft belongs to Milton 0. Thompson, Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility...

RaketenspurenPeenemunde 1936-1996

Remembering the Space AgeProceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference

Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of...

Rescue: аварийный выход

Мир, конструктивное международное сотрудничество на Земле и в космосе — вот единственная альтернатива аварийной...

Rocket Planes

Russian Space Probes: Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions

NASA’s Contributions to Aeronautics Volumes 1

NASA’s contributions to aeronautics : aerodynamics, structures, propulsion, and controls / Richard P. Hallion, editor. v. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. “NASA/SP-2010-570.” 1. United...

Schiffer Military History Vol. 26: V2. Dawn of the Rocket Age

The first ballistic missle in its use during WWII.

NASA’s Contributions to Aeronautics, Volume 2

The second volume includes case studies and essays on NACA-NASA research for contributions including wind shear and lightning research, flight operations, human factors, wind tunnels, composite structures,...

Secret Projects: Military Space Technology

This book outlines the development of space technology for military purposes from its very beginnings during World War 2 right up to the latest, most sophisticated systems. The author starts with references to...

NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings. NASA’s First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives

On 29 July 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which became operational on 1 October of that...

Secrets of our Spaceship Moon

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In 1995, the NASA Systems Engineering Handbook (NASA/SP-6105) was initially published to bring the fundamental concepts and techniques of systems engineering to the National Aeronautics and Space...

Soviet Aircraft and Rockets

How are modern aircraft, helicopters, multi-stage rockets constructed? What keeps them in the air? What kind of engines are used in flight vehicles, how are they built? What instruments are installed in...

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Origins of 21st-Century Space TravelBy Glen R. Asner and Stephen J. GarberA History of NASA’s Decadal Planning Team and the Vision for Space Exploration, 1999–2004

Less than one year after the Columbia Space Shuttle accident on 1 February 2003, President George W. Bush announced at NASA Headquarters that the Agency would embark on a new Vision for Space Exploration as it...

Flying the Frontiers of Space

A history of American experimental aircraft and space vehicles from 1947 to the present.

Global Reach: A View of NASA’s International Cooperation

When the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was created in 1958, its founding legislation—the National Aeronautics and Space Act—directed the new Agency to pursue cooperation “with...

Historical Studies in the Societal Impact of Spaceflight

This volume presents a series of in-depth studies on the mutual interaction of space exploration and society—part of a larger need to understand the relationships between science, technology, and society....

Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce

With the rise of a range of private-sector entrepreneurial firms interested in pursuing space commerce, the process whereby their efforts might be incubated, fostered, and expanded comes to the fore as an...

How to survive in spaceТом 1

As part of our celebrations for the 50th anniversary of ESA’s mission control centre in Darmstadt, Germany, we are pleased to make available the delightful ESOC history, How to Survive in Space, as a...

Earth

From the Foreword by Michael Carlowicz: From its origins, NASA has studied our planet in novel ways, using ingenious tools to study physical processes at work—from beneath the crust to the edge of the...