Rockets And People Volume I Nasa History Series Nasa Sp 2005 4110

Author : Boris Chertok
Publisher : Military Bookshop
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 178039831X

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Rockets and People Volume I (NASA History Series. NASA Sp-2005-4110) by Boris Chertok Pdf

Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program, but few Westerners have read direct first-hand accounts of the men and women who were behind the many Russian accomplishments in exploring space. The memoir of academician Boris Chertok, translated from the original Russian, fills that gap. Chertok began his career as an electrician in 1930 at an aviation factory near Moscow. Thirty years later, he was deputy to the founding figure of the Soviet space program, the mysterious "Chief Designer" Sergey Korolev. Chertok's 60-year-long career and the many successes and failures of the Soviet space program constitute the core of his memoirs, Rockets and People. In these writings, spread over four volumes (volumes two through four are forthcoming), academician Chertok not only describes and remembers, but also elicits and extracts profound insights from an epic story about a society's quest to explore the cosmos. This book was edited by Asif Siddiqi, a historian of Russian space exploration, and General Tom Stafford contributed a foreword touching upon his significant work with the Russians on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Overall, this book is an engaging read while also contributing much new material to the literature about the Soviet space program.

Author : Boris Chertok,Nasa History Division
Publisher : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Page : 832 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1780394128

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Rockets and People, Volume III by Boris Chertok,Nasa History Division Pdf

Volume 3 of the memoirs of Academician Boris Chertok, translated from the original Russian. Covers the history of the Soviet space program from 1961 to 1967.

Author : Boris Chertok,NASA History Office
Publisher : www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 1780396880

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Rockets and People by Boris Chertok,NASA History Office Pdf

Much has been written in the West on the history of the Soviet space program, but few Westerners have read direct first-hand accounts of the men and women who were behind the many Russian accomplishments in exploring space. The memoir of academician Boris Chertok, translated from the original Russian, fills that gap. Chertok began his career as an electrician in 1930 at an aviation factory near Moscow. Thirty years later, he was deputy to the founding figure of the Soviet space program, the mysterious "Chief Designer" Sergey Korolev. Chertok's 60-year-long career and the many successes and failures of the Soviet space program constitute the core of his memoirs, Rockets and People. In these writings, spread over four volumes (volumes two through four are forthcoming), academician Chertok not only describes and remembers, but also elicits and extracts profound insights from an epic story about a society's quest to explore the cosmos. This book was edited by Asif Siddiqi, a historian of Russian space exploration, and General Tom Stafford contributed a foreword touching upon his significant work with the Russians on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Overall, this book is an engaging read while also contributing much new material to the literature about the Soviet space program.

Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Astrodynamics
ISBN : 0160826012

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Research in NASA History by Steven J. Dick Pdf

"As the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2008, historians as well as scientists and engineers could look back on a record of accomplishment. Much has been written about the evolution of NASA's multifaceted programs and the people who carried them out. Yet much remains to be done, and we hope this publication will facilitate research in this important field."--Page 1

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 838 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-26
Category : Aerospace engineers
ISBN : 0160867126

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Rockets and People, Volume III, Hot Days of the Cold War by Anonim Pdf

V. 1. [no special title] -- v. 2. Creating a rocket industry -- v. 3 Hot days of the Cold War -- v. 4. The moon race.

Author : Steven J. Dick,National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-07
Category : Law
ISBN : IND:30000125978191

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NASA 50th Anniversary Proceedings: NASA's First 50 Years: Historical Perspectives by Steven J. Dick,National Aeronautics and Space Administration Pdf

On 29 July 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which became operational on 1 October of that year. Over the next 50 years, NASA achieved a set of spectacular feats, ranging from advancing the well-established field of aeronautics to pioneering the new fields of Earth and space science and human spaceflight. In the midst of the geopolitical context of the Cold War, 12 Americans walked on the Moon, arriving in peace “for all mankind.” Humans saw their home planet from a new perspective, with unforgettable Apollo images of Earthrise and the “Blue Marble,” as well as the “pale blue dot” from the edge of the solar system. A flotilla of spacecraft has studied Earth, while other spacecraft have probed the depths of the solar system and the universe beyond. In the 1980s, the evolution of aeronautics gave us the first winged human spacecraft, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station stands as a symbol of human cooperation in space as well as a possible way station to the stars. With the Apollo fire and two Space Shuttle accidents, NASA has also seen the depths of tragedy. In this volume, a wide array of scholars turn a critical eye toward NASA’s first 50 years, probing an institution widely seen as the premier agency for exploration in the world, carrying on a long tradition of exploration by the United States and the human species in general. Fifty years after its founding, NASA finds itself at a crossroads that historical perspectives can only help to illuminate.

Author : Robert G. Ferguson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCSD:31822041095381

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NASA's First A by Robert G. Ferguson Pdf

Author : Rebecca Wright,Sandra Johnson,Steven J. Dick
Publisher : NASA History Division
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UCSD:31822038096277

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NASA at 50 by Rebecca Wright,Sandra Johnson,Steven J. Dick Pdf

These interviews capture refections from top decision-makers as the space agency was completing its first 50 years. Based on oral histories, the book offers insights from those responsible for moving NASA through a deep transition - from the end of the Space Shuttle Program, the centerpiece of human spaceflight for three decades, to the goals of the new policy known as the Vision for Space Exploration.

Author : Steven J. Dick,Roger D. Launius
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Page : 704 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : PURD:32754079097196

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Societal Impact of Spaceflight by Steven J. Dick,Roger D. Launius Pdf

Since the dawn of spaceflight, advocates of a robust space effort have argued that human activity beyond Earth makes a significant difference in everyday life. Assertions abound about the "impact" of spaceflight on society and its relationship to the larger contours of human existence. Fifty years after the Space Age began, it is time to examine the effects of spaceflight on society in a historically rigorous way. Has the Space Age indeed had a significant effect on society? If so, what are those influences? What do we mean by an "impact" on society? And what parts of society? Conversely, has society had any effect on spaceflight? What would be different had there been no Space Age? The purpose of this volume is to examine these and related questions through scholarly research, making use especially of the tools of the historian and the broader social sciences and humanities. Herein a stellar array of scholars does just that, and arrives at sometimes surprising conclusions.

Author : Michael Meltzer
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Nature
ISBN : NYPL:33433088901636

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When Biospheres Collide by Michael Meltzer Pdf

NOTE: NO FURTHER DISCOUNT FOR THIS PRINT PRODUCT- OVERSTOCK SALE-- Significantly reduced list price This new book from the NASA History Series tackles an interesting duo of biological problems that will be familiar to anybody who has seen photos of Apollo astronauts quarantined after their return to Earth.Namely, how do we avoid contaminating celestial bodies with Earthly germs when we send spacecraft to study these bodies, and how do we avoid spreading foreign biological matter from space when our robotic and human spacefarers return to Earth?Biological matter from an external system could potentially cause an unchecked epidemic either on Earth or in space so strict precautions are necessary. Each time a space vehicle visits another world it runs the risk of forever changing that extraterrestrial environment. We are surrounded on Earth by a melange of different microorganisms, and if some of these hitchhike onboard a space mission, they could contaminate and start colonies on a different planet. Such an occurrence would irrevocably alter the nature of that world, compromise all future scientific exploration of the body, and possibly damage any extant life on it.By inadvertently carrying exotic organisms back to Earth on our spacecraft, we also risk the release of biohazardous materials into our own ecosystem. Such concerns were recognized by scientists even before the 1957 launch of Sputnik. This book presents the history of planetary protection by tracing the responses to the above concerns on NASA s missions to the Moon, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and many smaller bodies of our solar system. The book relates the extensive efforts put forth by NASA to plan operations and prepare space vehicles that return exemplary science without contaminating the biospheres of other worlds or our own. To protect irreplaceable environments, NASA has committed to conducting space exploration in a manner that is protective of the bodies visited, as well as of our own planet."

Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : MINN:30000008971339

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Remembering the Space Age by Steven J. Dick Pdf

From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-26
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : 0160867118

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Remembering the space age: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference by Anonim Pdf

From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.

Author : Steven J. Dick,Roger D. Launius
Publisher : U. S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105130509198

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Critical Issues in the History of Spaceflight by 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 : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0160877539

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Critical issues in the history of spaceflight by Steven J. Dick Pdf

Author : Giuseppe Pezzella,Antonio Viviani
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781839622694

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Hypersonic Vehicles by Giuseppe Pezzella,Antonio Viviani Pdf

In the aviation field there is great interest in high-speed vehicle design. Hypersonic vehicles represent the next frontier of passenger transportation to and from space. However, several design issues must be addressed, including vehicle aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics, aeroshape design optimization, aerodynamic heating, boundary layer transition, and so on. This book contains valuable contributions focusing on hypervelocity aircraft design. Topics covered include hypersonic aircraft aerodynamic and aerothermodynamic design, especially aeroshape design optimization, computational fluid dynamics, and scramjet propulsion. The book also discusses high-speed flow issues and the challenges to achieving the dream of affordable hypersonic travel. It is hoped that the information contained herein will allow for the development of safe and efficient hypersonic vehicles.