Astrophysics category: 1588 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
These official final program mission reports issued by the NASA Johnson Space Center cover missions in 1999: STS-96, STS-93, and STS-103. In these thorough reports, with information and specifics not available on NASA website mission descriptions, each orbiter system is reviewed in detail along with...
Blowing Bubbles in the Cosmos
Astronomical Winds, Jets, and Explosions
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2004
Many astrophysical bodies produce winds, jets or explosions, which blow spectacular bubbles. From a nonmathematical, unifying perspective, based on the understanding of bubbles, the authors address many of the most exciting topics in modern astrophysics including supernovae, the production of structure in the Early Universe, the environments of supermassive black holes and gamma-ray bursts.
Effective Field Theories for Nuclei and Compact-Star Matter
Chiral Nuclear Dynamics (CND-III)
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
Effective field theories have been widely used in nuclear physics. This volume is devoted to exploring the intricate structure of compact-star matter inaccessible directly from QCD. It is principally anchored on hidden symmetries and topology presumed to be encoded in QCD. It differs from standard...
Millimeter Astronomy
Saas-Fee Advanced Course 38. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
The millimeter and sub-millimeter wavebands are unique in astronomy in containing several thousands of spectral lines of molecules as well as the thermal continuum spectrum of cold dust. They are the only bands in the electromagnetic spectrum in which we can detect the molecular gas reservoir for...
Chasing Space
An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2017
In this revelatory and moving memoir, a former NASA astronaut and NFL wide receiver shares his personal journey from the gridiron to the stars, examining the intersecting roles of community, perseverance and grace that align to create the opportunities for success.
Leland Melvin is the only...
Spaceman
An Astronaut's Unlikely Journey to Unlock the Secrets of the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find yourself strapped to a giant rocket that’s about to go from zero to 17,500 miles per hour?
Or to look back on Earth from outer space and see the surprisingly precise line between day and night? Or to stand in front of the Hubble Space Telescope,...
Bringing Columbia Home
The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2018
Timed to release for the 15th Anniversary of the Columbia space shuttle disaster, this is the epic true story of one of the most dramatic, unforgettable adventures of our time.
On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation’s eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard...
by Kitty Ferguson
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2012
Kitty Ferguson, the award-winning and international bestselling author of Stephen Hawking’s biography, presents an even deeper portrait of the legendary physicist’s life and scientific theories.
This updated edition of Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind looks at one of the most remarkable...
Riding Rockets
The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
On February 1, 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, twenty-nine men and six women, were introduced to the world. Among them would be history makers, including the first American woman and the first African American in space. This assembly of astronauts would carry NASA through the most...
by Buzz Aldrin, Wayne Warga
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2015
Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin’s courageous, candid memoir of his return to Earth after the historic moon landing and his personal struggle with fame and depression.
“We landed with all the grace of a freight elevator,” Buzz Aldrin relates in the opening passages of Return to Earth,...
by Donna Shirley
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2010
Donna Shirley's 35-year career as an aerospace engineer reached a jubilant pinnacle in July 1997 when Sojourner--the solar-powered, self-guided, microwave-oven-sized rover--was seen exploring the Martian landscape in Pathfinder's spectacular images from the surface of the red planet. The event marked...
How to Make a Spaceship
A Band of Renegades, an Epic Race, and the Birth of Private Spaceflight
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
**A New York Times bestseller!
The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflight
A Finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award**
Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed...
Safely to Earth
The Men and Women Who Brought the Astronauts Home
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2018
National Federation of Press Women National Communications Contest, First Place for Autobiography/Memoir Delaware Press Association Communications Contest, First Place for Autobiography/Memoir In this one-of-a-kind memoir, Jack Clemons—a former lead engineer in support of NASA—takes readers behind...
Laika's Window
The Legacy of a Soviet Space Dog
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
Laika began her life as a stray dog on the streets of Moscow and died in 1957 aboard the Soviet satellite Sputnik II. Initially the USSR reported that Laika, the first animal to orbit the earth, had survived in space for seven days, providing valuable data that would make future manned space flight...