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Voskhod 2: The First Spacewalk

Aerospace Missions, #7

by Bob Martin ...

Series Book 7 - Aerospace Missions
On March 18, 1965, a human being stepped beyond the safety of a spacecraft for the first time. Behind those historic minutes lay an extraordinary story of engineering ingenuity, Cold War ambition, human endurance, and decisions that would shape the future of space exploration.Voskhod 2: The First Spacewalk takes readers inside one of the most remarkable missions of the Space Age. Aerospace ... Read more

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On March 18, 1965, a human being stepped beyond the safety of a spacecraft for the first time. Behind those historic minutes lay an extraordinary story of engineering ingenuity, Cold War ambition, human endurance, and decisions that would shape the future of space exploration.Voskhod 2: The First Spacewalk takes readers inside one of the most remarkable missions of the Space Age. Aerospace
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Soyuz 11: The Tragedy of the First Space Station Crew

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by Bob Martin ...

Series Book 8 - Aerospace Missions
The first space station promised to change human exploration forever. In June 1971, three Soviet cosmonauts proved that people could live and work in orbit for weeks. Their extraordinary achievement would end in one of the most consequential tragedies in spaceflight history.Soyuz 11: The Tragedy of the First Space Station Crew tells the complete story of the pioneering Soviet mission that occupied ... Read more

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The first space station promised to change human exploration forever. In June 1971, three Soviet cosmonauts proved that people could live and work in orbit for weeks. Their extraordinary achievement would end in one of the most consequential tragedies in spaceflight history.Soyuz 11: The Tragedy of the First Space Station Crew tells the complete story of the pioneering Soviet mission that occupied
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Apollo 11

The Inside Story

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'Terrific and enthralling' New ScientistFifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step on to its surface. He and his crewmates, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, were the latest men to risk their lives in this extraordinary scientific, engineering and human venture that would come to define the era.In Apollo 11: ... Read more

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'Terrific and enthralling' New ScientistFifty years ago, in July 1969, Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to land on the Moon, and Neil Armstrong the first man to step on to its surface. He and his crewmates, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins, were the latest men to risk their lives in this extraordinary scientific, engineering and human venture that would come to define the era.In Apollo 11:
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Moon Lander

How We Developed the Apollo Lunar Module

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Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on safety, reliability, and maintainability. He catalogs numerous test ... Read more

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Chief engineer Thomas J. Kelly gives a firsthand account of designing, building, testing, and flying the Apollo lunar module. It was, he writes, “an aerospace engineer’s dream job of the century.” Kelly’s account begins with the imaginative process of sketching solutions to a host of technical challenges with an emphasis on safety, reliability, and maintainability. He catalogs numerous test
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Digital Apollo

Human and Machine in Spaceflight

by David A. Mindell ...

The incredible story of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate achievement in flight—the lunar landings of NASA’s Apollo programAs Apollo 11’s Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer’s software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and ... Read more

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The incredible story of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to achieve the ultimate achievement in flight—the lunar landings of NASA’s Apollo programAs Apollo 11’s Lunar Module descended toward the moon under automatic control, a program alarm in the guidance computer’s software nearly caused a mission abort. Neil Armstrong responded by switching off the automatic mode and
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What Is NASA?

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Illustrated by Ted Hammond ...

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Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, ... Read more

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Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series.The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon,
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The Mammoth Book of Space Exploration and Disaster

by Richard Russell Lawrence ...

Series Book 358 - Mammoth Books
In the words of those who trod the void and those at missioncontrol, here are over 50 of the greatest true stories of suborbital,orbital and deep-space exploration. From Apollo 8'sfirst view of a fractured, tortured landscape of craters on the'dark side' of the Moon to the series of cliff-hanger crisesaboard space station Mir, they include moments ofextraordinary heroic achievement as well as ... Read more

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In the words of those who trod the void and those at missioncontrol, here are over 50 of the greatest true stories of suborbital,orbital and deep-space exploration. From Apollo 8'sfirst view of a fractured, tortured landscape of craters on the'dark side' of the Moon to the series of cliff-hanger crisesaboard space station Mir, they include moments ofextraordinary heroic achievement as well as
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U.S.S. Enterprise Haynes Manual

by Ben Robinson, Marcus Riley ...

Series series Star Trek
The Star Trek technical manual highlighting the most famous spaceship in pop culture history, the Enterprise, rendered in the format of the world-renowned Haynes Manuals!The USS Enterprise is without doubt the most famous starship in history. The vessels that have carried the name have saved the galaxy countless times and her captains, including Archer, Kirk, and Picard, have been legendary.This ... Read more

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The Star Trek technical manual highlighting the most famous spaceship in pop culture history, the Enterprise, rendered in the format of the world-renowned Haynes Manuals!The USS Enterprise is without doubt the most famous starship in history. The vessels that have carried the name have saved the galaxy countless times and her captains, including Archer, Kirk, and Picard, have been legendary.This
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Space Shuttle 1981-2011

Stories from 30 Years of Exploration

by Sally Ride, Greg Freiherr, T.A. Heppenheimer ...

Space Shuttle 1981-2011 is a lavishly illustrated special edition celebrating the space shuttle era. In thirty years of operation, space shuttles were used in 135 different missions; this volume presents the adventure stories of many of these missions in the astronauts’ own words. Additional contributions by space exploration writers cover the history of the program, technological challenges and ... Read more

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Space Shuttle 1981-2011 is a lavishly illustrated special edition celebrating the space shuttle era. In thirty years of operation, space shuttles were used in 135 different missions; this volume presents the adventure stories of many of these missions in the astronauts’ own words. Additional contributions by space exploration writers cover the history of the program, technological challenges and
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Starship Spotter

by Adam Lebowitz, Robert Bonchune ...

Series series Star Trek
Starship Spotter was created more than two centuries ago to serve as a reference guide to assorted space-going vessels. Captains of the spaceships of the United Earth Space Probe Agency used this simple paper tool to enable a ship's crew to quickly distinguish friend from foe in the unexplored reaches of the cosmos. When the services were merged to form Starfleet, this paper book disappeared from ... Read more

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Starship Spotter was created more than two centuries ago to serve as a reference guide to assorted space-going vessels. Captains of the spaceships of the United Earth Space Probe Agency used this simple paper tool to enable a ship's crew to quickly distinguish friend from foe in the unexplored reaches of the cosmos. When the services were merged to form Starfleet, this paper book disappeared from
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Mars Rover Curiosity

An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer

by Rob Manning, William L. Simon ...

The firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of engineering one of the most complex pieces of space technology, the Mars Rover Curiosity, by its chief engineer Rob ManningIn the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we haven't found answers to one of our most fundamental questions: Does life exist anywhere else in the universe? Ten years and billions ... Read more

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The firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of engineering one of the most complex pieces of space technology, the Mars Rover Curiosity, by its chief engineer Rob ManningIn the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we haven't found answers to one of our most fundamental questions: Does life exist anywhere else in the universe? Ten years and billions
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Rocket Science and Spacecraft Fundamentals

by Kathy Furgang ...

Series series From Earth to the Stars
None of humanity’s great achievements in space exploration would be possible without the work of the scientists who built those amazing rockets that blasted us into the heavens. This captivating resource about human accomplishments in rocket science covers the history of rocketry since the advent of rocket-powered missiles, as well as today’s triumphs and our hopes for the future. Straightforward ... Read more

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None of humanity’s great achievements in space exploration would be possible without the work of the scientists who built those amazing rockets that blasted us into the heavens. This captivating resource about human accomplishments in rocket science covers the history of rocketry since the advent of rocket-powered missiles, as well as today’s triumphs and our hopes for the future. Straightforward
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