Aeronautics Astronautics category: 1620 books
TIME Mission to Mars
Our Journey Continues
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The prospect of sending a manned mission to Mars and even colonizing the planet is capturing the imagination of NASA and space entrepreneurs. A noble goal, or an expensive folly? TIME's special edition takes you inside the science and the debate. Just getting to Mars will be an amazing technical feat,...
Bigelow Aerospace
Colonizing Space One Module at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Here for the first time you can read:
how a space technology start-up is pioneering work on expandable space station modules
how Robert Bigelow licensed the TransHab idea from NASA, and how his company developed the technology for more than a decade
how, very soon, a Bigelow expandable module...
by Doug West
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2017
Most of us, young or old, have dreams of grand things, but it is the rare souls that sees their dreams standing before them, taller than the Statue of Liberty, with enough raw power to launch men to the moon. Wernher von Braun was such a dreamer. From a young age, he knew that rockets and space travel...
by Alan Lawrie
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2015
On July 16, 1969, a Saturn V rocket launched the Apollo spacecraft carrying American astronauts to the surface of the moon, where Neil Armstrong would take his famous first steps and fulfill Pres. John F. Kennedy's goal of a successful lunar landing by the end of the decade. This event marks one of...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
The United States Army has sponsored far fewer launches on the Eastern Range than either the Air Force or the Navy. Only about a tenth of the range's missile and space flights can be attributed to Army programs, versus more than a third sponsored by each of the other services. Nevertheless, numbers...
Sully's Challenge: "Miracle on the Hudson" – Official Investigation & Full Report of the Federal Agency
True Event so Incredible It Incited Full Investigation (Including Cockpit Transcripts) - Ditching an Airbus on the Hudson River with 155 People on Board after Both Engine Stopped by Canada Geese
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2017
How can a 10 pound bird bring down a 150,000 pounds aircraft? How would you feel if you were the captain on that aircraft, responsible for 155 souls? What would you do to prevent the disaster? How would you communicate with other crew members and the passengers? How would you determine where to try...
by Richard O. Reinhart
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2007
The #1 Guide to Flight Physiology_Now Updated and Expanded with the Latest INSIGHTS for ENHANCING AIRCREW SAFE PERFORMANCE!
The Third Edition of Basic Flight Physiology has been completely updated and expanded with information on THAT WILL REDUCE PILOT IMPAIRMENT IN FLIGHT. This definitive...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2014
This ebook provides the complete National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Aircraft Incident Report issued in November 2014 (plus a full compilation of documents and additional information) about the fires and smoke incidents involving lithium-ion batteries on Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial airplanes...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2014
The purpose of this document is to provide a compilation of practices that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) believes are important and recommends for commercial human space flight occupant safety. The document is intended to enable a dialogue...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Two reports from NASA describe the "pogo" problem found in liquid-propellant rockets and launch vehicles: Prevention of Coupled Structure-Propulsion Instability (Pogo) - NASA Space Vehicle Design Criteria (Structures), NASA Experience with Pogo in Human Spaceflight Vehicles.
An overview...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2014
This is the second in a series of three pre-flight guidebooks to Apollo lunar landing missions written for the public. (Similar books were made for Apollo 15 and Apollo 17.) Published by NASA just prior to the launch of Apollo 16, it contains extensive information on the planned rover traverses and...
Topics in Modal Analysis, Volume 7
Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Topics in Modal Analysis*, Volume 7: Proceedings of the 31st IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2013,* the seventh volume of seven from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection presents early findings...
Exercise in Space
A Holistic Approach for the Benefit of Human Health on Earth
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
This volume of the Series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences summarizes the newest finding in the field of mental health and physiological exercise in Space. Currently two major challenges are impacting human health in the western societies, one being a move towards a sedentary society, the second...
by Mrinal Kaushik, Prashanth Reddy Hanmaiahgari
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2016
This book aims to provide a complete exposure about armaments from their design to launch from the combat aircraft. The book details modern ammunition and their tactical roles in warfare. The proposed book discusses aerodynamics, propulsion, structural as well as navigation, control, and guidance...