Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
by Doug Cook
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2018
It is 2023. Finally, the Altair is ready for launch; man is destined to walk on Mars. Commander Coby Brewster, Dr. Abby Denton, Pilot Vik Ivanov, and Dr. Ellie Accardi have been specially selected to enter deep space and study the asteroid Bennu and the comet 125P in preparation for mankind’s first...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2012
This unique and historic document provides extraordinary detail about the Space Shuttle's extravehicular mobility unit (EMU). The official NASA astronaut training manuals comprised a major part of the formal flight crew training process, and were used by flight controllers as well. These internal...
Wings In Orbit: Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle 1971-2010
Scientific and Engineering Legacies of the Space Shuttle 1971-2010
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2011
Wings in Orbit is an authoritative documentation of the many accomplishments of the NASA Space Shuttle Program. Starting with a foreword written by astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen, this compelling book provides accurate, authentic and easily understood accounts from NASA’s best...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this is the third in a series of oral histories about NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center. This volume focuses on the space shuttle program and thus spans nearly three decades. Since the creation of the center's...
Urban Legends from Space
The Biggest Myths About Space Demystified
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2019
Fun, Outrageous Space Stories, Debunked!
In this Internet age where science fiction masquerades as fact, even the most rational person might find themselves wondering: Could NASA have faked the moon landings? Are we sure the government isn’t using chemtrails to experiment on people? And did...
The Traveler's Guide to Space
For One-Way Settlers and Round-Trip Tourists
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
If you have ever wondered about space travel, now you have the opportunity to understand it more fully than ever before. Traveling into space and even emigrating to nearby worlds may soon become part of the human experience. Scientists, engineers, and investors are working hard to make space tourism...
Impossible Horizon
The Essence Of Space Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2017
About the book:
From the introduction: For a long time what we now know as space was inaccessible and off-limits to humans, not because it was at a height which was unattainable without the least astronautical technology or principles, but because of the cosmic and dualistic representation...
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 Paul Beck
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Explore outer space from our solar system to the edges to the universe! Extreme: Outer Space pairs the most bizarre and mind-blowing facts about our planets with breathtaking images!
The Mercury 13
The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2003
**For readers of The Astronaut Wives Club, The Mercury 13 reveals the little-known true story of the remarkable women who trained for NASA space flight.
In 1961, just as NASA launched its first man into space, a group of women underwent secret testing in the hopes of becoming America’s...
"Live from Cape Canaveral"
Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
“From Sputnik to the International Space Station, Jay Barbree has seen it all, and reported it well. ‘Live from Cape Canaveral’ encapsulates the most technically exciting half century in history.” –Neil Armstrong
Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space...
Into the Black
The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016
A book “no aviation buff will want to miss” (The Wall Street Journal) and “the perfect tale that educates as it entertains” (#1 bestselling author Clive Cussler), Into the Black recaptures the historic moments leading up to and the exciting story of the astronauts who flew the daring maiden...
Breaking the Chains of Gravity
The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
NASA's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But America's space agency wasn't created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer.
In...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
This Air Force book presents the many interesting stories of a McDonnell Aircraft engineer on everything from aeronautical engineering to manned spacecraft. From the Foreword: Rarely is a reader exposed to such an extraordinary, multi-faceted presentation of aerospace technology as Bob Brulle narrates...