Astrophysics Space Science category: 1588 books
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
This official NASA history document - converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction - provides a thorough overview of NASA's role in researching the problem of ozone depletion, including the discovery of the ozone hole.
The introduction states: " While the National Aeronautics...
by Doug West
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
The fifth manned mission of NASA’s Apollo space program, Apollo 11 took the first human beings to the moon and on an adventure that surpassed even the wildest imagination. 600 million people from all over the world watched as astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the celestial body...
The Cosma Hypothesis
Implications of the Overview Effect
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2019
In 1986, Frank White was working on his groundbreaking book, The Overview Effect: Space Exploration and Human Evolution, when he heard the late Tom Wolfe, author of The Right Stuff , say, “The country has never had a philosophy of space exploration.” This began a continuing quest to develop a...
Out There
A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (For the Cosmically Curious)
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
In the vein of Randall Munroe's What If? meets Brian Green's Elegant Universe, a senior writer from Space.com leads readers on a wild ride of exploration into the final frontier, investigating what's really "out there."
We've all asked ourselves the question. It's impossible to look...
Hubble in Space
NASA Images of Planets, Stars, Galaxies, Nebulae, Black Holes, Dark Matter, & More
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2018
Hubble Images from Space: a Virtual Tour is a curated book of images from the Hubble telescope collected using space-based instruments from 1990 to 2017. This amazing selection contains new images of space and classic Hubble favorites. All the major players of space are represented in this colorful...
by Cindy Donze Manto
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2018
Originally known simply as Mississippi Field Operations, Stennis Space Center arose from the dissolution of two towns and several surrounding communities that had served the lumber industry since the 1800s. Its sole purpose was to static test the free world's most powerful rockets after they arrived...
by Yasheng Zhang, Yanli Xu, Haijun Zhou
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book focuses on the theory and design of special space orbits. Offering a systematic and detailed introduction to the hovering orbit, spiral cruising orbit, multi-target rendezvous orbit, initiative approaching orbit, responsive orbit and earth pole-sitter orbit, it also discusses the concept,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
The oral histories of thirty-one astronauts, engineers and managers for the NASA and the Russian space program provide fascinating insights into the highs and lows of the extraordinary Shuttle-Mir space station program, with hundreds of anecdotes and stories. Each history provides unique information...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2016
The space surrounding our planet is full of opportunities and resources. Ranging from a hundred to a few thousand kilometers around Earth, our space-neighborhood offers an excellent vantage point to the universe, and a great opportunity to push the frontiers of science and knowledge. Manned missions advance research on human biology, health, and li
Infinite Wonder
An Astronaut's Photographs from a Year in Space
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2018
From the record-breaking astronaut, national hero, and best-selling author of Endurance, a breathtaking collection of photos documenting his journey on the International Space Station, the vastness of space, and the unparalleled beauty of our own home planet.
One's perspective shifts when one...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2012
These official final program mission reports issued by the NASA Johnson Space Center cover missions in 2000: STS-99, STS-101, STS-106, STS-92, STS-97. In these thorough reports, with information and specifics not available on NASA website mission descriptions, each orbiter system is reviewed in detail...
Satellite
Innovation in Orbit
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Right now, above our heads—nearly imperceptible to us but hugely important to how we live—are thousands of man-made objects that we have sent into space. Ubiquitous but mysterious, satellites are the technological infrastructure of our globally connected world, helping us do everything from orient...
Riding Rockets
The Outrageous Tales of a Space Shuttle Astronaut
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2006
On February 1, 1978, the first group of space shuttle astronauts, twenty-nine men and six women, were introduced to the world. Among them would be history makers, including the first American woman and the first African American in space. This assembly of astronauts would carry NASA through the most...
The Orbital Perspective
Lessons in Seeing the Big Picture from a Journey of 71 Million Miles
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
For astronaut Ron Garan, living on the International Space Station was a powerful, transformative experience—one that he believes holds the key to solving our problems here on Earth.
On space walks and through windows, Garan was struck by the stunning beauty of the Earth from space but sobered...