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Hardback. Tells the enthralling yet little-known story of the hypersonic X-15, the winged rocket ship that opened the way into human-controlled spaceflight Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight Series. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 228 x 38. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803228405
- ISBN
- 9780803228405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.46
€ 43.99
€ 39.46
Paperback. Although the dream of flying is as old as the human imagination, the notion of rocketing into space may have originated with Chinese gunpowder experiments during the Middle Ages. Rockets as both weapons and entertainment are examined in this engaging history of how human beings acquired the ability to catapult themselves into space. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 264 pages, 29 photographs, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: PDX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803245211
- ISBN
- 9780803245211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.19
€ 24.99
€ 23.19
Hardback. In documenting these events, Foster offers a broader understanding of the difficulties in sexually integrating any workplace, even when the organization approaches the situation with as positive an outlook and as strong a motivation as did NASA. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; PDX; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401959
- ISBN
- 9781421401959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.49
€ 72.49
Paperback. Rather than asking us to suspend disbelief, Robots in Space demands that we accept facts as they evolve. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 334 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: TJFM1; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407630
- ISBN
- 9781421407630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.02
€ 33.99
€ 29.02
Paperback. Conway, JPL's historian, offers an insider's perspective into the changing goals of Mars exploration, the ways in which sophisticated computer simulations drove the design process, and the remarkable evolution of landing technologies over a thirty-year period. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 21, 11 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; PDX; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 249 x 30. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421223
- ISBN
- 9781421421223
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.82
€ 38.99
€ 32.82
Hardback. Engaging account of the people and events who have shaped the development of private spaceflight Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 344 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: PG; TRP; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803216105
- ISBN
- 9780803216105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.31
€ 42.31
Hardback. Editor(s): French, Francis. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 184 pages, 37 photographs. BIC Classification: BGTA; BM; TTDS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780803262836
- ISBN
- 9780803262836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.18
€ 32.99
€ 29.18
Hardback. Near the end of the Apollo 15 mission, David Scott and fellow moonwalker James Irwin placed on the lunar soil a small tin figurine called "The Fallen Astronaut". By telling the stories of the sixteen astronauts and cosmonauts who died in the quest to reach the moon between 1962 and 1972, this book conveys the human cost of the space race. Series: Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight. Num Pages: 448 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: BGT; BK; TTDS; WNX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 34. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803285095
- ISBN
- 9780803285095
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.50
€ 40.99
€ 36.50
Hardback. Translation of: Hang tian qi kong zhi ji suan ji rong cuop ji shu. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: TGPR; TJ; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 46. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc Singapore
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781119107279
- ISBN
- 9781119107279
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.77
€ 159.77
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PHFC; THF; TRP; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691626185
- ISBN
- 9780691626185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Hardcover. While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's administration have shaped the course of the US space program over the last 45 years. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; PDX; PDZ; PG; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110106
- ISBN
- 9780230110106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.28
€ 53.28
Hardcover. Part of a series in junction with NASA which takes communications technology to the farthest reaches of space, this book focuses on an array of technologies and concepts developed to support radio navigation on interplanetary spacecraft. Num Pages: 86 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: PGG; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 86
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471445340
- ISBN
- 9780471445340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.58
€ 212.58
Num Pages: 320 pages, 402 color & 43 b/w photos. BIC Classification: PG; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1546. The Laboratory and Marketplace. 320 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: PG; TTD. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 29. Weight: 1546.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764337765
- ISBN
- 9780764337765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 32.57
€ 49.99
€ 32.57
Behind the glories and tragedies that make headlines and move the nation, the story of the space shuttle is inextricably bound to the lesser-known drama of the search for a reusable single-stage-to-orbit rocket. In this book, Andrew J. Butrica tells this story. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873386
- ISBN
- 9780801873386
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.28
€ 65.28
Atmospheric Science at NASA critically examines this politically controversial science, dissecting the often convoluted roles, motives, and relationships of the various institutional actors involved-among them NASA, congressional appropriation committees, government weather and climate bureaus, and the military. Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 416 pages, 30, 19 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white line drawings, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; PDX; PHVJ; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889844
- ISBN
- 9780801889844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.91
€ 75.91
Hardcover. Argues passionately and articulately for continuing to push the boundaries of our knowledge of the universe and, specifically, for focussing assets, intellect, and policy toward sending humans to the planet Mars by the year 2032. Num Pages: 272 pages, 70 Illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- National Geographic Society United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781426210174
- ISBN
- 9781426210174
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.73
€ 27.99
€ 24.73
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 244 pages, 7 tables 70 figs. BIC Classification: PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Expanded
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632957
- ISBN
- 9780691632957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.77
€ 158.77
Hardback. An exploration of the full panorama of flight research history, from the earliest attempts by such 19th-century practitioners as England's Sir George Cayley, who tested his gliders by subjecting them to experimental flight, to cutting-edge aeronautical research conducted by the NACA and NASA. Num Pages: 512 pages, 50 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; TBX; TRP; TTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University Press of Kentucky United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813122052
- ISBN
- 9780813122052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.82
€ 70.82
Hardback. Optical Payloads for Space Missions is a comprehensive collection of optical spacecraft payloads with contributions by leading international rocket-scientists and instrument builders. Editor(s): Qian, Shen-En. Num Pages: 1008 pages. BIC Classification: TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 263 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 1008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118945148
- ISBN
- 9781118945148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.29
€ 261.29
Hardback. A powerful affirmation of the necessity and importance of a wide-ranging American space program that can develop lunar outposts and, ultimately, permanently staffed, self-sufficient bases on the Moon. Num Pages: 274 pages, 111 photos, 39 illus. BIC Classification: PD; PGS; TTD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076661
- ISBN
- 9780231076661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.38
€ 145.38