Tous les ebooks de la collection "Springer Praxis Books" - Praxis

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Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Understanding Gaia Gabriella Bernardi , Alberto Vecchiato This book is the first to provide a comprehensive, readily understandable report on the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission that will meet the needs of a general audience. It takes the reader on an exciting journey of discovery, explaining how such a scientific... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2019-03-16 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 34,80 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Saturn V F-1 Engine Anthony Young When the mighty Rocketdyne F-1 engine was conceived in the late 1950s for the U.S. Air Force, it had no defined mission and there was no launch vehicle it could power. It was a bold concept to push the technological envelope of rocket propulsion in order... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2019-02-19 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 73,84 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Prepare for Launch Erik Seedhouse Today's astronauts require many different abilities. They must not only be expert in performing flight simulations but must also be proficient in such dissimilar subjects as photography, thermodynamics, electrical repairs, flight procedures, oceanography, public... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2018-10-10 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 52,74 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Mysteries of Mars Fabio Vittorio De Blasio This book introduces the reader to the wonders of Mars, covering all aspects from our past perceptions of the planet through to the latest knowledge on its history, its surface processes such as impact cratering, volcano formation, and glaciation, and its atmosphere and... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2018-09-28 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 40,08 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Faith 7 Colin Burgess This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rocket into space... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2016-07-17 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF, ePub 42,19 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies 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 PDF, ePub 47,46 € PDF ePub
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies 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 PDF 58,01 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Star Maps Nick Kanas This book traces the history of celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing ideas of man’s place in the universe and to advances in map-making. Photographs from actual antiquarian celestial atlases and prints, many previously unpublished, enrich the... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2007-10-05 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 26,61 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies The Sky is Your Laboratory Robert Buchheim For the experienced amateur astronomer who is wondering if there is something useful, valuable, and permanent that can be done with his or her observational skills, the answer is, "Yes, you can!" This is the book for the experienced amateur astronomer who is ready to... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2007-10-04 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 52,74 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies 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 PDF 31,64 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Space Shuttle Columbia Ben Evans On February 1st 2003, one of the worst and most public disasters ever witnessed in the human space programme unfolded with horrifying suddenness in the skies above north central Texas. The Space Shuttle Columbia – the world’s first truly reusable manned spacecraft – was... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2007-09-23 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 36,91 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies NASA's Scientist-Astronauts Colin Burgess , Shayler David Mounting pressure in the early 1960s from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study ways of expanding the role of astronauts to conduct science on future space missions led to NASA’s conclusion that flying scientifically trained crewmembers would generate greater... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2007-09-19 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 47,46 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies 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 PDF 58,01 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies US Spacesuits Harold J. Mcmann , Kenneth S. Thomas Ken Thomas and Joe McMann have produced a magni?cent treatise on spacesuits, spacewalking, life support systems and escape systems. US Spacesuits is historical, massively comprehensive, precise, informative, relevant and readable. As an astronaut I spent 30 years in... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2007-09-11 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 46,34 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies 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 PDF 39,02 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Soviet and Russian Lunar Exploration Brian Harvey When, in July 1969, the Americans decisively beat the Soviet Union in the race to put an astronaut on the moon, this event had profound historical, scientific and political implications. This book tells the story of the Soviet and Russian lunar programme, from its... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2007-08-17 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 58,01 €
Ajouter à ma liste d'envies Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006 Shayler David , Tim Furniss , Michael D. Shayler Praxis Log of Manned Spaceflight 1961-2006 will open with a section entitled: Quest for Space, which will provide an explanation of the methods employed to get in and out of orbit and brief overviews of the different international space programmes. It will be a complete... Editeur : Praxis Parution : 2007-08-17 Collection : Springer Praxis Books PDF 47,46 €

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