Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
Weaponisation of Space: An Inevitable Reality and Plausible Fallout
An Inevitable Reality and Plausible Fallout
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2017
Militarily, use of spacebased assets, when integrated with operations, assumes importance as one of the many force multipliers. As on date, outer space is being extensively used by the armed forces for varied services which include navigation, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, environmental...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
This beautifully written work by one of America's top solar experts provides an easy-to-read yet thorough guide to our Sun and its impact on planet Earth. It is highly recommended to anyone interested in the Sun and space weather.
An excerpt: "In a world of warmth and light and living...
Space Station Friendship
A Visit with the Crew in 2007
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
The year is 2007, the fiftieth anniversary of the Space Age. Space shuttle Discovery is about o dock at the first permanent U. S. space station, which author Dick Lattimer called Friendship. In all but name, the space station depicted in these pages is based on NASA plans.
To help you project yourself...
Introduction to Space Systems
Design and Synthesis
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2012
The definition of all space systems starts with the establishment of its fundamental parameters: requirements to be fulfilled, overall system and satellite design, analysis and design of the critical elements, developmental approach, cost, and schedule. There are only a few texts covering early design...
The Universe on a Grand Scale: A Short Story of the Universe
Past, Present and Future, 2nd Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
Spacetime is curved and space is virtually flat and expanding; one of the greatest enigmas of all time in human existence. Distances to farthest galaxies from us are finite defining the edge of our Grand Scale Universe. Distances among galaxies and galaxy clusters are measured in light distance...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 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 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 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
This document chronicles dockings, module additions, configuration changes, and major events of Mir Principal Expeditions 17 through 21, November 1994 through August 1996. Although Mir has hosted international crews since its early days, increasing focus was placed on international cooperation beginning...
The Physics Heresies
Conjectures On Gravity, Inertia and Time Dilation
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2015
This book advances a number of conjectures describing gravitational and inertial interactions and time dilation. A model is described that explains the gravitational and inertial interactions in a form that unlike geometric models depends on the exchange of particles. Time dilation has been defined as...
NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings: NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives
NASA's First 50 Years, Historical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
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On 29 July 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which became...
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...
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...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2012
Three elements of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board (CAIB) final report are reproduced in this ebook. The CAIB reported on the last flight of space shuttle Columbia, which ended in the horrible, sudden loss of the vehicle and crew during entry on February 1, 2003. The report has been professionally...
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...