История

It’s ONLY Rocket Science: An Introduction in Plain English

«Well, it’s not rocket science, is it?» How many times have you heard people use that expression when they mean something pretty simple? There are other areas of science and technology that are...

Ein Pionier des Raketenantriebs berichtet

Janes’s Space Recognition Guide

Jane’s Space Recognition Guide is the essential, most comprehensive guide to spacecraft and space exploration. It includes: Civilian and military spacecraft Shuttles and satellites Space agencies,...

El Futuro de la Exploración del Espacio

Mach 3+: NASA/USAF YF-12 Flight Research, 1969-1979 / Самолет NASA / ВВС США YF-12.

During the 1950s. American aircraft designers emphasized configurations that flew increasingly high and fast, a trend that continued for nearly two decades. Then, during rhe 1970s, efficiency, noise reduction,...

Entwicklung des Raketenbaus und der Raumfahrt in der UdSSR

NASA at 50: Interviews with NASA’s Senior Leadership

The 50th anniversary of NASA on 1 October 2008 found an agency in the midst of deep transition. In the closing year of the presidency of George W. Bush, only a month before the presidential election and in the...

Escaping the Bonds of Earth: The Fifties and the Sixties

To commemorate the momentous 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering journey into space on 12th April 2011, a series of five books — to be published annually — will explore this half...

Essays on the History of Rocketry and Astronautics

Exploring Space

Throughout history, people have tried to understand Earth’s place in the universe and what else, if anything, is ‘out there’. This common human curiosity has led to great discoveries, from...

Facing the Heat Barrier: A History of Hypersonics

Hypersonics is the study of flight at speeds where aerodynamic heating dominates the physics of the problem. Typically this is Mach 5 and higher. Hypersonics is an engineering science with close links to...

Flight research : problems encountered and what they should teach US

The document by Milt Thompson that is reproduced here was an untitled rough draft found in Thompson’s papers in the Dryden Historical Reference Collection. Internal evidence suggests that it was written...

F. A. Tsander and Modern Cosmonautics

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...

Coming Home: Reentry and Recovery from Space

The technologies for the reentry and recovery from space might change over time, but the challenge remains one of the most important and vexing in the rigorous efforts to bring spacecraft and their crews and...

A-1: The First French Satellite

«26 ноября 1965 года с момента полета первой французской РН «Диамант» Франция стала — после СССР и США —...

Crossbow and Overcast

Двадцать лет прошло со времён «Дня Д», эта книга об истории двух из самых важных секретных операций II мировой...

After Sputnik50 Years of the Space Age

Defining NASA The Historical Debate Over The Agency’s Mission

Описание: Most people know that NASA is the agency of the United States that pursues space activities. Though sounding simple enough, this statement can lead to pitfalls just like in moving mountains....

Air Force Space Command — 50 Years of Space & Missles

All About History: History of NASA 2nd Edition

America’s First Rocket Company: Reaction Motors, Inc.

America’s First Rocket Company is the story of Reaction Motors, Inc. (RMI), the U.S.’s first liquid-propellant rocket company. Founded in December, 1941 following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, with...

American X-Vehicles An_ Inventory X-1 to X-50

Animals in Space_From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle

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Apollo 1 and the Space Shuttle Challenger:The History of NASA’s Two Most Notorious Disasters

Apollo in PerspectiveSpaceflight Then and Now

This book takes a retrospective look at the Apollo space program and the technology that was used to land a man on the Moon. Jonathan Allday’s aims are to explain the basic physics and technology of...

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Preliminary Science Report

NASA TM X-58173/International cooperation was the keynote of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. In the 3 y ears since the project was initiated in the U.S. — U .S .S .R. Agreement Concerning Cooperation in...

Building Hitler’s Missiles

Boeing. The complete story / Боинг. История компании.

Today, Boeing is the premier aircraft builder in the US and one of the biggest aerospace constructors in the world. To the public Boeing is inextricably linked with some of the greatest names in aircraft...

Book of Flight: The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

The dream of flight is one of the oldest in human history. We read about it in ancient Greek mythology and visualize it through Leonardo da Vinci’s sketches of flying machines. The Book of Flight traces...

Cave of the Winds

The huge Langley Full-Scale Tunnel building dominated the skyline of Langley Air Force Base for 81 years (1930–2011). The Full-Scale Tunnel was constructed by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics...

New Glenn Payload User’s Guide

BLUE ORIGIN, NEW SHEPARD, NEW GLENN, GRADATIM FEROCITER, the FEATHER LOGO, and any other Blue Origin graphics, logos, and service names are trademarks, service marks or trade dress of Blue Origin and may not...

Искусственный спутник Земли

В книге, написанной на основе отечественных и иностранных источников, рассказывается о создании и запуске в СССР...