Invention Of Space Exploration

Author : Roger D. Launius
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781588346377

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The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration by Roger D. Launius Pdf

The first in-depth, fully illustrated history of global space discovery and exploration from ancient times to the modern era “The Smithsonian History of Space Exploration examines civilization’s continued desire to explore the next frontier as only the Smithsonian can do it.” —Buzz Aldrin, Gemini 12 and Apollo 11 astronaut and author of No Dream Is Too High Former NASA and Smithsonian space curator and historian Roger D. Launius presents a comprehensive history of our endeavors to understand the universe, honoring millennia of human curiosity, ingenuity, and achievement. This extensive study of international space exploration is packed with over 500 photographs, illustrations, graphics, and cutaways, plus plenty of sidebars on key scientific and technological developments, influential figures, and pioneering spacecraft. Starting with space exploration's origins in the pioneering work undertaken by ancient civilizations and the great discoveries of the Renaissance thinkers, Launius also devotes whole chapters to our space race to the Moon, space planes and orbital stations, and the lure of the red planet Mars. He also offers new insights into well-known moments such as the launch of Sputnik 1 and the Apollo Moon landing and explores the unexpected events and hidden figures of space history. The final chapters cover the technological and mechanical breakthroughs enabling humans to explore far beyond our own planet in recent decades, speculating on the future of space exploration, including space tourism and our possible future as an extraterrestrial species. This is a must-read for space buffs and everyone intrigued by the history and future of scientific discovery. "This oversize offering is a space nerd’s dream come true." —Booklist

Author : Tim Furniss
Publisher : Mercury Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114524007

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History of Space Exploration by Tim Furniss Pdf

A detailed look at space - from the first rocket launch to how the continued potential for space exploration alters the way man looks at his world.

Author : Mike Downs
Publisher : Carson-Dellosa Publishing
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781731629869

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Invention of Space Exploration by Mike Downs Pdf

GRADES 3–6: Elementary-aged readers will explore amazing facts about the invention of space exploration in this 32-page nonfiction science book, which shows a before-and-after comparison at how space technology has changed our world – and beyond! INVENTION BOOK FOR KIDS: Space exploration is one of humanity's most incredible accomplishments. In this science invention book, readers will get an up-close look at space travel and how the invention of space technology has helped us explore other planets and learn more about our own. INCLUDES: Readers will be hooked from beginning to end with mesmerizing science facts and vivid photos! A glossary is provided as well as comprehension questions and an extension activity for further exploration on the topic. BENEFITS: This NGSS-aligned science book for kids will spark the interest of your budding scientist. It links the past and present, showing how inventions that are a part of our lives weren't always there! How did the world change, and continue to change, with the invention of this new technology? Let's find out! WHY ROURKE: Since 1980, we’ve been committed to bringing out the best non-fiction books to help you bring out the best in your young learners. Our carefully crafted topics encourage all students who are “learning to read” and “reading to learn"!

Author : Ted Spitzmiller
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-02-21
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780813059709

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The History of Human Space Flight by Ted Spitzmiller Pdf

Military Writers Society of America Awards, Gold Medal for History Highlighting men and women across the globe who have dedicated themselves to pushing the limits of space exploration, this book surveys the programs, technological advancements, medical equipment, and automated systems that have made space travel possible. Beginning with the invention of balloons that lifted early explorers into the stratosphere, Ted Spitzmiller describes how humans first came to employ lifting gasses such as hydrogen and helium. He traces the influence of science fiction writers on the development of rocket science, looks at the role of rocket societies in the early twentieth century, and discusses the use of rockets in World War II warfare. Spitzmiller considers the engineering and space medicine advances that finally enabled humans to fly beyond the earth's atmosphere during the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. He recreates the excitement felt around the world as Yuri Gagarin and John Glenn completed their first orbital flights. He recounts triumphs and tragedies, such as Neil Armstrong's "one small step" and the Challenger and Columbia disasters. The story continues with the development of the International Space Station, NASA's interest in asteroids and Mars, and the emergence of China as a major player in the space arena. Spitzmiller shows the impact of space flight on human history and speculates on the future of exploration beyond our current understandings of physics and the known boundaries of time and space.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Committee on Human Exploration
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1997-12-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309174152

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The Human Exploration of Space by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Space Studies Board,Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications,Committee on Human Exploration Pdf

During 1988, the National Research Council's Space Science Board reorganized itself to more effectively address NASA's advisory needs. The Board's scope was broadened: it was renamed the Space Studies Board and, among other new initiatives, the Committee on Human Exploration was created. The new committee was intended to focus on the scientific aspects of human exploration programs, rather than engineering issues. Their research led to three reports: Scientific Prerequisites for the Human Exploration of Space published in 1993, Scientific Opportunities in the Human Exploration of Space published in 1994, and Science Management in the Human Exploration of Space published in 1997. These three reports are collected and reprinted in this volume in their entirety as originally published.

Author : Linda Billings
Publisher : National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Communications NASA History Division
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : 1626830533

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50 Years of Solar System Exploration by Linda Billings Pdf

"To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first successful planetary mission, Mariner 2 sent to Venus in 1962, the NASA History Program Office, the Division of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum, NASA's Science Mission Directorate, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory organized a symposium. "Solar System Exploration @ 50" was held in Washington, D.C., on 25-26 October 2012. The purpose of this symposium was to consider, over the more than 50-year history of the Space Age, what we have learned about the other bodies of the solar system and the processes by which we have learned it. Symposium organizers asked authors to address broad topics relating to the history of solar system exploration such as various flight projects, the development of space science disciplines, the relationship between robotic exploration and human spaceflight, the development of instruments and methodologies for scientific exploration, as well as the development of theories about planetary science, solar system origins and implications for other worlds. The papers in this volume provide a richly textured picture of important developments - and some colorful characters - in a half century of solar system exploration. A comprehensive history of the first 50 years of solar system exploration would fill many volumes. What readers will find in this volume is a collection of interesting stories about money, politics, human resources, commitment, competition and cooperation, and the "faster, better, cheaper" era of solar system exploration"--

Author : Alexander C. MacDonald
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780300219326

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The Long Space Age by Alexander C. MacDonald Pdf

A NASA insider highlights the current and historic roles of private enterprise in humanity s pursuit of spaceflight"

Author : Isecg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1457849097

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Benefits Stemming from Space Exploration by Isecg Pdf

Author : Asif A. Siddiqi
Publisher : National Aeronautis & Space Administration
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Planets
ISBN : UCSD:31822044013563

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Beyond Earth by Asif A. Siddiqi Pdf

This is a completely updated and revised version of a monograph published in 2002 by the NASA History Office under the original title Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes, 1958-2000. This new edition not only adds all events in robotic deep space exploration after 2000 and up to the end of 2016, but it also completely corrects and updates all accounts of missions from 1958 to 2000--Provided by publisher.

Author : Andrew Chaikin
Publisher : Carlton Publishing Group
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Science
ISBN : 1842224980

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Space by Andrew Chaikin Pdf

21st Century Science Grant.

Author : Colin Burgess
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789144604

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The Greatest Adventure by Colin Burgess Pdf

The Greatest Adventure explores the past, present, and future of the space race. The space race was perhaps the greatest technological contest of the twentieth century. It was a thrilling era of innovation, discovery, and exploration, as astronauts and cosmonauts were launched on space missions of increasing length, complexity, and danger. The Greatest Adventure traces the events of this extraordinary period, describing the initial string of Soviet achievements: the first satellite in orbit; the first animal, man, and woman in space; the first spacewalk; as well as the ultimate US victory in the race to land on the moon. The book then takes the reader on a journey through the following decades of space exploration to the present time, detailing the many successes, tragedies, risks, and rewards of space exploration.

Author : Heppenheimer Ta
Publisher : Smithsonian
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2002-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1588340090

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DEVM SPACE SHUTTLE by Heppenheimer Ta Pdf

Author : Stephen J. Dick,Steven J. Dick,Roger D. Launius
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130509198

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Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight by Stephen J. Dick,Steven J. Dick,Roger D. Launius Pdf

In March 2005, the NASA History Division and the Division of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum brought together a distinguished group of scholars to consider the state of the discipline of space history. This volume is a collection of essays based on those deliberations. The meeting took place at a time of extraordinary transformation for NASA, stemming from the new Vision of Space Exploration announced by President George W. Bush in January 204: to go to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. This Vision, in turn, stemmed from a deep reevaluation of NASA?s goals in the wake of the Space Shuttle Columbia accident and the recommendations of the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. The new goals were seen as initiating a "New Age of Exploration" and were placed in the context of the importance of exploration and discovery to the American experiences. (Amazon).

Author : Fred Scharmen
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781786637345

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Space Forces by Fred Scharmen Pdf

The radical history of space exploration from the Russian Cosmists to Elon Musk Many societies have imagined going to live in space. What they want to do once they get up there - whether conquering the unknown, establishing space "colonies," privatising the moon's resources - reveals more than expected. In this fascinating radical history of space exploration, Fred Scharmen shows that often science and fiction have combined in the imagined dreams of life in outer space, but these visions have real implications for life back on earth. For the Russian Cosmists of the 1890s space was a place to pursue human perfection away from the Earth. For others, such as Wernher Von Braun, it was an engineering task that combined, in the Space Race, the Cold War, and during World War II, with destructive geopolitics. Arthur C. Clark in his speculative books offered an alternative vision of wonder that is indifferent to human interaction. Meanwhile NASA planned and managed the space station like an earthbound corporation. Today, the market has arrived into outer space and exploration is the plaything of superrich technology billionaires, who plan to privatise the mineral wealth for themselves. Are other worlds really possible? Bringing these figures and ideas together reveals a completely different story of our relationship with outer space, as well as the dangers of our current direction of extractive capitalism and colonisation.

Author : Claude A. Piantadosi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 383 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780231531030

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Mankind Beyond Earth by Claude A. Piantadosi Pdf

Seeking to reenergize Americans' passion for the space program, the value of further exploration of the Moon, and the importance of human beings on the final frontier, Claude A. Piantadosi presents a rich history of American space exploration and its major achievements. He emphasizes the importance of reclaiming national command of our manned program and continuing our unmanned space missions, and he stresses the many adventures that still await us in the unfolding universe. Acknowledging space exploration's practical and financial obstacles, Piantadosi challenges us to revitalize American leadership in space exploration in order to reap its scientific bounty. Piantadosi explains why space exploration, a captivating story of ambition, invention, and discovery, is also increasingly difficult and why space experts always seem to disagree. He argues that the future of the space program requires merging the practicalities of exploration with the constraints of human biology. Space science deals with the unknown, and the margin (and budget) for error is small. Lethal near-vacuum conditions, deadly cosmic radiation, microgravity, vast distances, and highly scattered resources remain immense physical problems. To forge ahead, America needs to develop affordable space transportation and flexible exploration strategies based in sound science. Piantadosi closes with suggestions for accomplishing these goals, combining his healthy skepticism as a scientist with an unshakable belief in space's untapped—and wholly worthwhile—potential.