Astronautics category: 1620 books
The Challenger Launch Decision
Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA, Enlarged Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
When the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded on January 28, 1986, millions of Americans became bound together in a single, historic moment. Many still vividly remember exactly where they were and what they were doing when they heard about the tragedy. Diane Vaughan recreates the steps leading up to...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2012
The fascinating oral histories of a dozen Space Shuttle program astronauts - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - provide new insights into this historic program, with vital observations about an era of space history that changed the world. The interviews divulge new information...
The Last Man on the Moon
Astronaut Eugene Cernan and America's Race in Space
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
The basis of the 2014 award-winning feature-length documentary! A revealing and dramatic look at the inside of the American Space Program from one of its pioneers.
Eugene Cernan was a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting and dangerous decade of spaceflight....
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this NASA report presents a fascinating history of the decision to proceed with the Space Shuttle program. Contents: Chapter 1 - Space Stations and Winged Rockets * The Collier's Series * Background to the Space Station...
by Mike Tooley, David Wyatt
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
Introducing the principles of communications and navigation systems, this book is written for anyone pursuing a career in aircraft maintenance engineering or a related aerospace engineering discipline, and in particular will be suitable for those studying for licensed aircraft maintenance engineer...
Skunk Works
A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2013
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly...
Voyager
Exploration, Space, and the Third Great Age of Discovery
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010
A brilliant new account of the Voyager space program-its history, scientific impact, and cultural legacy
Launched in 1977, the two unmanned Voyager spacecraft have completed their Grand Tour to the four outer planets, and they are now on course to become the first man-made objects to exit our...
Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World
When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2010
In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft -- a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like...
Falling to Earth
An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
As command module pilot for the Apollo 15 mission to the moon in 1971, Al Worden flew on what is widely regarded as the greatest exploration mission that humans have ever attempted. He spent six days orbiting the moon, including three days completely alone, the most isolated human in existence. During...
Galileo Galilei : The Telescope & The Laws of Dynamics
(A Short Biography for Children)
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Galileo Galilei : The Telescope & The Laws of Dynamics (A Short Biography for Children) Galileo was an Italian scientist who led the Scientific Revolution, proposing the then controversial idea of Copernicanism, the idea that earth orbits the sun.
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Mission Control
Inventing the Groundwork of Spaceflight
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2015
Brave astronauts, flaring rockets, and majestic launches are only one side of the story of spaceflight. Any mission to space depends on years--if not decades--of work by thousands of dedicated individuals on the ground. These are the people whose voices offer a friendly link to Earth in the void of...
by Mark A. Burgess
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Aviation fans and experienced or aspiring pilots of any age will enjoy these entertaining stories from a successful charter pilot.
Anyone interested in general aviation, its history, and the funny and sometimes-scary adventures of a professional pilot will enjoy Mark Burgess' stories. With...
Sky Walking
An Astronaut's Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2016
A gripping first-hand account of life in space and the making of an astronaut. What is it like to fly the space shuttle and work on and in the International Space Station? Veteran NASA astronaut Tom Jones is uniquely qualified to give the details: he flew four shuttle missions and led three space...
Moon Lander
How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical...