Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
Too Far From Home
A Story of Life and Death in Space
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2007
An incredible, true-life adventure set on the most dangerous frontier of all—outer spaceIn the nearly forty years since Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, space travel has come to be seen as a routine enterprise—at least until the shuttle Columbia disintegrated like the Challenger before it, reminding...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
This important report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. For decades, NASA has produced a comprehensive overview of all federal space and aeronautics programs on an annual basis, providing unique details of the flight activities and programs of...
Infinite Worlds
The People and Places of Space Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
A stunning, unprecedented collection of photographs and essays that goes behind the scenes at NASA, in which the humanity of the astronauts, engineers, scientists, technicians, and ground crews that contributed in saving the Hubble Space Telescope are revealed.
Michael Soluri has been photographing...
Living in Space
A Handbook for Work and Exploration Beyond the Earth's Atmosphere
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2014
We are the first species with the ability to leave planet Earth and expand the horizons of existence into the infinite realm of the universe. Humanity has been working, learning and building toward this accomplishment throughout history.
Those who live and work in space will be no different...
Space Clinical Medicine
A Prospective Look at Medical Problems from Hazards of Space Operations
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Many real and potential hazards will face astronauts* during operations in space. Some of these hazards might be of little medical significance; others might produce serious medical problems. This book is an initial attempt to describe the characteristics and suggest the management of possible medical...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this series of reports deals with ongoing research by NASA into a risk reduction strategy for human space exploration and planned manned missions to Mars. Each report deals with a unique aspect of the human research needed...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2012
This official NASA internal document - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - is a comprehensive evaluation of the operational and engineering aspects of the second manned visit to the Skylab space station and includes the performance of experiment hardware that is under Johnson...
Space Oddities
Our Strange Attempts to Explain the Universe
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2017
‘Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how I wonder what you are …’ Are you a giant Nazi iceberg? On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union’s famous satellite Sputnik was launched into orbit, and the Space Age began. Or did it? Sputnik may have marked the beginning of humanity’s physical exploration...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2016
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this series of reports deals with ongoing research by NASA into a risk reduction strategy for human space exploration and planned manned missions to Mars. Each report deals with a unique aspect of the human research needed...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2012
The fascinating oral histories of a fourth set of thirteen pioneers of the "golden age" of American manned spaceflight (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and Skylab)- converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - provide new insights into this extraordinary effort, with vital observations...
War in Space
The Science and Technology Behind Our Next Theater of Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2019
With the recent influx of spaceflight and satellite launches, the region of outer space has become saturated with vital technology used for communication and surveillance and the functioning of business and government. But what would happen if these capabilities were disrupted or even destroyed? How...
When Biospheres Collide: A History of NASA's Planetary Protection Programs
A History of NASA's Planetary Protection Programs
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
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This new book from the NASA History Series tackles an interesting duo of biological problems that will be familiar to anybody who has seen photos of Apollo astronauts...
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 1998: STS-89, STS-90, STS-91, STS-95, and STS-88. In these thorough reports, with information and specifics not available on NASA website mission descriptions, each orbiter system is reviewed in...
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...