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Cassini at Saturn: Huygens Results (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
Cassini At Saturn –
Huygens Results brings the
story of the Cassini-Huygens
mission and their joint
exploration of the Saturnian
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Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rockets and Space Probes
In the 1960s and 1970s deep
space missions were
dispatched in pairs in case
one was lost in launch or
failed during its journey.
... > full story
Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots Is Boldly Privatizing Space
In the more than forty
years since the first human
left the atmosphere of
Earth, no one had ever done
so without the help of a
... > full story
This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age (Modern Library Paperbacks)
More comprehensive than The
Right Stuff, more critical
than Apollo 13, This New
Ocean is a near-perfect
history of the men (and
... > full story
- Cassini at Saturn: Huygens Results (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
- Space Systems Failures: Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rockets and Space Probes
- Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots Is Boldly Privatizing Space
- This New Ocean: The Story of the First Space Age (Modern Library Paperbacks)
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The First Men on the Moon: The Story of Apollo 11 (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
On 12 April 1961 Yuri Gagarin became the first man to orbit the Earth. One month later, President John F. Kennedy challenged the American nation to land a man on the Moon before the decade was out. ... > read more -
Saturn (Apogee Books Space Series)
The complete story of the Saturn V Rocket is presented in this detailed history of each stage of the construction and testing process. From the drawing boards of Boeing, North American Aviation, and ... > read more -
After Sputnik: 50 Years of the Space Age
In the 50 years since Sputnik's historic orbit kickstarted a race to the stars, spaceflight has moved from a speculative and experimental science to a staple of contemporary life. Space exploration ... > read more -
Understanding Space
This is an introductory text in astronautics. It contains historical background and a discussion of space missions, space environment, orbits, atmospheric entry, spacecraft design, spacecraft ... > read more -
Failure is not an Option: Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
In 1957, the Russians launched Sputnik and the ensuing space race. Three years later, Gene Kranz left his aircraft testing job to join NASA and champion the American cause. What he found was an ... > read more -
"Live from Cape Canaveral": Covering the Space Race, from Sputnik to Today
Some fifty years ago, while a cub reporter, Jay Barbree caught space fever the night that Sputnik passed over Georgia. He moved to the then-sleepy village of Cocoa Beach, Florida, right outside Cape ... > read more -
The Hazards of Space Travel: A Tourist's Guide
“I didn’t think about the dangers before going into space, but now I realize how hazardous it is!”–Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, first person to walk in spaceWith the opening of ... > read more -
Dark Mission: The Secret History of Nasa
For most Americans, the word NASA suggests a squeaky-clean image of technological infallibility. Yet the truth is that NASA was born in a lie, and has concealed the truths about its occult origins. ... > read more -
Entering Space: Creating a Spacefaring Civilization
Humans are not native to the Earth. So posits astronautical engineer Bob Zubrin in the opening of Entering Space. We're native to just a small sliver of it, the spot where our species originated in ... > read more -
Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons
ROCKET SCIENTIST KILLED IN PASADENA EXPLOSION screamed the headline of the Los Angeles Times. John Parsons, a maverick rocketeer who helped transform the rocket from a derided sci-fi plotline into a ... > read more
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