Ebooks de David J. Shayler en PDF et EPUB

10 Livre(s)
Télécharger le livre : Gemini 5
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Gemini 5
David J. Shayler
This third book of the Gemini mission series focuses on the flight that simulated in Earth orbit the duration of an eight-day Apollo mission to the Moon. After the proof-of-concept test flights Gemini 1, 2 and 3 (as described in GEMINI FLIES!) and the success of...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2023-03-07
Collection : Springer Praxis Books
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34,80 €
Télécharger le livre : Spacelab Payloads
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Spacelab Payloads
Michael E. Haddad , David J. Shayler
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory facility that was flown on the Space Shuttle from 1983 to 1998. Completing 22 major missions and contributing to many other NASA goals,Spacelab stands as one of the Shuttle program’s most resounding successes. The system comprised...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2022-01-22
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31,64 €
Télécharger le livre : NASA's First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection
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NASA's First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection
Colin Burgess , David J. Shayler
Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys. Officially, they were NASA’s Group 8 astronauts, selected in January 1978 to train for orbital missions aboard the Space Shuttle. Prior to this time only pilots or scientists trained as pilots...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2020-07-10
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39,02 €
Télécharger le livre : Gemini 4
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Gemini 4
David J. Shayler
The flight of Gemini 4 in June 1965 was conducted barely four years after the first Americans flew in space. It was a bold step by NASA to accomplish the first American spacewalk and to extend the U.S. flight duration record to four days. This would be double the...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2018-12-18
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42,19 €
Télécharger le livre : Gemini Flies!
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Gemini Flies!
David J. Shayler
In May 1961, President John F. Kennedy committed the United States to landing a man on the moon before the end of the decade. With just a handful of years to pull it off, NASA authorized the Project Gemini space program, which gathered vital knowledge needed to achieve...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2018-03-26
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47,46 €
Télécharger le livre : Assembling and Supplying the ISS
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Assembling and Supplying the ISS
David J. Shayler
The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration. But without the Space Shuttle, it would have remained an impossible dream. Assembling and Supplying the ISS is the story of how, between 1998 and 2011, the Shuttle...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-07-20
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42,19 €
Télécharger le livre : Linking the Space Shuttle and Space Stations
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Linking the Space Shuttle and Space Stations
David J. Shayler
How could the newly authorized space shuttle help in the U.S. quest to build a large research station in Earth orbit? As a means of transporting goods, the shuttle could help supply the parts to the station. But how would the two entitles be physically linked?Docking...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-06-27
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28,47 €
Télécharger le livre : The Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts
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The Last of NASA's Original Pilot Astronauts
Colin Burgess , David J. Shayler
Resulting from the authors’ deep research into these two pre-Shuttle astronaut groups, many intriguing and untold stories behind the selection process are revealed in the book. The often extraordinary backgrounds and personal ambitions of these skilled pilots, chosen to...

Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2017-06-19
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52,74 €
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
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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 €