Astronautics category: 1620 books
Airworthiness
An Introduction to Aircraft Certification and Operations
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Airworthiness: An Introduction to Aircraft Certification and Operations, Third Edition, once again proves to be a valuable, user-friendly reference guide for certification engineers engaged in professional training and practical work in regulatory agencies and aircraft engineering companies. The discussions...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2018
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Released in April 2018, this report by the NASA Office of Inspector General, Office of Audits, examines the latest contracts for commercial resupply services to the International Space Station.
Since...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
This official Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - presents the updated air traffic controller workforce plan, incorporating changes in air traffic forecasts, controller retirements, and other factors.
Safety is the...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
This official Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) document - converted for accurate flowing-text ebook format reproduction - offers the latest data on the economic impact of civil aviation. This concise report is ideal for policymakers and industry officials. This version contains several new points...
by Fabio Tronchetti
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Presents and addresses key space law and policy issues for the benefit of wider informed audiences that wish to acquaint themselves with the fundamentals of the space law field. This brief analyzes in a concise manner the combined influence of space law and policy on international space activities....
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012
This is one of a series of systems engineering case studies prepared by the Air Force Center for Systems Engineering. This case study analyzes the A-10A Thunderbolt II, manufactured by Fairchild Republic Corp. between 1975 and 1984. It was specifically designed as a Close Air Support (CAS) aircraft....
Convention on International Civil Aviation
A Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013
This book is both a repertory guide to the Convention on International Civil Aviation (Chicago Convention) as well as a legal analysis of the provisions of the treaty. It traces action taken by the ICAO Assembly and the Council in the implementation of the Convention from the first ICAO Assembly...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Three Air Force documents provide unique information about USAF operations of Civil Air Patrol - U.S. Air Force (CAP-USAF) aircraft.
Contents: Operations Procedures * Aircrew Evaluation Criteria * Aircrew Training
Chapter 1 * GENERAL INFORMATION * 1.1. Scope * 1.2. Pilot's Responsibility...
Topics in Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 4
Proceedings of the 30th IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2012
Topics in Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 4, Proceedings of the 30th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2012, the fourth volume of six from the Conference, brings together 19 contributions to this important area of research and engineering. The collection...
by Ülgen Gülçat
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
In this textbook, the author introduces the concept of unsteady aerodynamics and its underlying principles. He provides the readers with a full review of fundamental physics of the free and the forced unsteadines, the terminology and basic equations of aerodynamics ranging from incompressible flow...
by Anthony Young
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Young addresses the impressive expansion across existing and developing commercial space business markets, with multiple private companies competing in the payload launch services sector. The author pinpoints the new markets, technologies, and players in the industry, as well as highlighting...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
Winner of the 2007 AIAA History Manuscript Award, Mars Wars: The Rise and Fall of the Space Exploration Initiative investigates one of the most important chapters in the history of the American space program. This is a story of bureaucratic infighting, personality clashes, cultural struggles, and...
Spaceflight in the Shuttle Era and Beyond
Redefining Humanity's Purpose in Space
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
An exploration of the changing conceptions of the iconic Space Shuttle and a call for a new vision of spaceflight The thirty years of Space Shuttle flights saw contrary changes in American visions of space. Valerie Neal, who has spent much of her career examining the Space Shuttle program, uses this...
The Final Mission
Preserving NASA's Apollo Sites
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2016
The world will always remember Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin for their first steps on the moon, yet few today hold in respect the sites that made these and other astronauts' journeys possible. Across the American landscape and on the lunar surface, many facilities and landing sites linked to the...