Space Flight

Author : Wiley J. Larson,Linda K. Pranke
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015053761394

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Human Spaceflight by Wiley J. Larson,Linda K. Pranke Pdf

"Human spaceflight: mission analysis and design" is for you if you manage, design, or operate systems for human spaceflight! It provides end-to-end coverage of designing human space systems for Earth, Moon, and Mars. If you are like many others, this will become the dog-eared book that is always on your desk -and used. The book includes over 800 rules of thumb and sanity checks that will enable you to identify key issues and errors early in the design processes. This book was written by group of 67 professional engineers, managers, and educators from industry, government, and academia that collectively share over 600 years of space-related experience! The team from the United States, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, and Russia worked for four-and-one-half years to capture industry and government best practices and lessons-learned from industry and government in an effort to baseline global conceptual design experience for human spaceflight. "Human spaceflight: mission analysis and design" provides a much-needed big-picture perspective that can be used by managers, engineers and students to integrate the myriad of elements associated with human spaceflight.

Author : Ted Spitzmiller
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 693 pages
File Size : 40,9 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 : Michael J. Neufeld
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262536332

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Spaceflight by Michael J. Neufeld Pdf

A concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today. Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of the twentieth century. The Soviets launched Sputnik, the first satellite, in 1957; less than twelve years later, the American Apollo astronauts landed on the Moon. In this volume of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Michael Neufeld offers a concise history of spaceflight, mapping the full spectrum of activities that humans have developed in space. Neufeld explains that “the space program” should not be equated only with human spaceflight. Since the 1960s, unmanned military and commercial spacecraft have been orbiting near the Earth, and robotic deep-space explorers have sent back stunning images of faraway planets. Neufeld begins with the origins of space ideas and the discovery that rocketry could be used for spaceflight. He then discusses the Soviet-U.S. Cold War space race and reminds us that NASA resisted adding female astronauts even after the Soviets sent the first female cosmonaut into orbit. He analyzes the two rationales for the Apollo program: prestige and scientific discovery (this last something of an afterthought). He describes the internationalization and privatization of human spaceflight after the Cold War, the cultural influence of space science fiction, including Star Trek and Star Wars, space tourism for the ultra-rich, and the popular desire to go into space. Whether we become a multiplanet species, as some predict, or continue to call Earth home, this book offers a useful primer.

Author : Michael R. Barratt,Sam Lee Pool
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-20
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780387681641

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Principles of Clinical Medicine for Space Flight by Michael R. Barratt,Sam Lee Pool Pdf

Over the years, a large body of knowledge has developed regarding the ways in which space flight affects the health of the personnel involved. Now, for the first time, this clinical knowledge on how to diagnose and treat conditions that either develop during a mission or because of a mission has been compiled by Drs. Michael Barratt and Sam L. Pool of the NASA/Johnson Space Center. Complete with detailed information on the physiological and psychological affects of space flight as well as how to diagnose and treat everything from dental concerns to decompression to dermatological problems encountered, this text is a must have for all those associated with aerospace medicine.

Author : Dave Doody
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-03
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783540895107

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Deep Space Craft by Dave Doody Pdf

Deep Space Craft opens the door to interplanetary flight. It looks at this world from the vantage point of real operations on a specific mission, and follows a natural trail from the day-to-day working of this particular spacecraft, through the functioning of all spacecraft to the collaboration of the various disciplines to produce the results for which a spacecraft is designed. These results are of course mostly of a scientific nature, although a small number of interplanetary missions are also flown primarily to test and prove new engineering techniques. The author shows how, in order to make sense of all the scientific data coming back to Earth, the need for experiments and instrumentation arises, and follows the design and construction of the instruments through to their placement and testing on a spacecraft prior to launch. Examples are given of the interaction between an instrument’s science team and the mission’s flight team to plan and specify observations, gather and analyze data in flight, and finally present the results and discoveries to the scientific community. This highly focused, insider’s guide to interplanetary space exploration uses many examples of previous and current endeavors. It will enable the reader to research almost any topic related to spacecraft and to seek the latest scientific findings, the newest emerging technologies, or the current status of a favorite flight. In order to provide easy paths from the general to the specific, the text constantly refers to the Appendices. Within the main text, the intent is general familiarization and categorization of spacecraft and instruments at a high level, to provide a mental framework to place in context and understand any spacecraft and any instrument encountered in the reader’s experience. Appendix A gives illustrated descriptions of many interplanetary spacecraft, some earth-orbiters and ground facilities to reinforce the classification framework. Appendix B contains illustrated detailed descriptions of a dozen scientific instruments, including some ground-breaking engineering appliances that have either already been in operation or are poised for flight. Each instrument’s range of sensitivity in wavelengths of light, etc, and its physical principle(s) of operation is described. Appendix C has a few annotated illustrations to clarify the nomenclature of regions and structures in the solar system and the planets’ ring systems, and places the solar system in context with the local interstellar environment.

Author : Ulrich Walter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 597 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783527410651

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Astronautics by Ulrich Walter Pdf

As a crewmember of the D-2 shuttle mission and a full professor of astronautics at the Technical University in Munich, Ulrich Walter is an acknowledged expert in the field. He is also the author of a number of popular science books on space flight. The second edition of this textbook is based on extensive teaching and his work with students, backed by numerous examples drawn from his own experience. With its end-of-chapter examples and problems, this work is suitable for graduate level or even undergraduate courses in space flight, as well as for professionals working in the space industry.

Author : Giles Sparrow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Outer space
ISBN : 0241346797

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Spaceflight by Giles Sparrow Pdf

This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in space, from Sputnik's launch in 1957 through the Apollo Moon landings and the International Space Station to future missions to Mars and beyond. Spaceflight chronicles how, in the six decades that followed Sputnik, the world was revolutionized by space travel and exploration. The opening up of Earth's orbit to satellites led to a revolution in communications, monitoring of the environment, and materials science. For the human imagination, the impact has been even greater - the voyages of robotic space probes have transformed our view of the Solar System, while Earth-orbiting satellites and missions to the Moon have forever changed our view of ourselves. This book is a celebration of human ingenuity and imagination. From the work of pioneers like Wernher von Braun, Yuri Gagarin, and Neil Armstrong to the triumphs and tragedies that followed, it reveals the people, science, and technology that have propelled us into the Space Age.

Author : Dave Doody
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0615484115

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Basics of Space Flight Black & White Edition by Dave Doody Pdf

Here is a high quality snapshot of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's award winning online tutorial for interplanetary mission controllers. Broad in scope and loaded with references, these pages encompass the many fields and concepts that apply to interplanearty space exploration, and the relationships among them. Popular with teachers, students, and anyone who is curious about "how they do that.

Author : Carol Norberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-18
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783642237256

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Human Spaceflight and Exploration by Carol Norberg Pdf

The book presents a unique overview of activities in human spaceflight and exploration and a discussion of future development possibilities. It provides an introduction for the general public interested in space and would also be suitable for students at university. The book includes the basics of the space environment and the effects of space travel on the human body. It leads through the challenges of designing life support systems for spacecraft as wells as space suits to protect astronauts during extravehicular activities. Research being carried out by humans in Earth orbit is being brought into context to other forms of space exploration. Between the end of 2007 and May 2009 ESA, the European Space Agency, carried out an astronaut recruitment process. It was the first time that astronauts had been recruited newly to the corps since its creation in 1998 and the positions were open to citizens of all of the member states of ESA. Two of the contributors to this book participated in the selection process and hence contribute to a general discussion of how one carries out such a selection programme. The book concludes with one person’s experience of flying aboard the space shuttle on a mission to map planet Earth, bringing together topics taken up in earlier parts of the book.

Author : Lance K. Erickson
Publisher : Government Institutes
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781605906843

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Space Flight by Lance K. Erickson Pdf

Space exploration has fascinated us since the launch of the first primitive rockets more than 3,000 years ago, and it continues to fascinate us today. The data gathered from such exploration has been hugely instrumental in furthering our understanding of our universe and our world. In Space Flight: History, Technology, and Operations, author Lance K. Erickson offers a comprehensive look at the history of space exploration, the technology that makes it possible, and the continued efforts that promise to carry us into the future. Space Flight goes through the history of space exploration, from the earliest sub-orbital and orbital missions to today's deep-space probes, to provide a close look at past and present projects, then turns its attention to programs being planned today and to the significance of future exploration. Focusing on research data gleaned from these exploration programs, the book's historical perspective highlights the progression of our scientific understanding of both the smallest and largest entities in our universe, from subatomic particles, to distant stars, planets, and galaxies. Both the novice and the advanced student of space exploration stand to profit from the author's engaging and insightful discussion.

Author : George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
ISBN : UIUC:30112057401272

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Saturn V Flight Manual, SA 507 by George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Pdf

Author : Ashish Tewari
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2007-05-08
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0817643737

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Atmospheric and Space Flight Dynamics by Ashish Tewari Pdf

This book offers a unified presentation that does not discriminate between atmospheric and space flight. It demonstrates that the two disciplines have evolved from the same set of physical principles and introduces a broad range of critical concepts in an accessible, yet mathematically rigorous presentation. The book presents many MATLAB and Simulink-based numerical examples and real-world simulations. Replete with illustrations, end-of-chapter exercises, and selected solutions, the work is primarily useful as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate-level students.

Author : Giles Sparrow
Publisher : DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : 0756656419

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Spaceflight by Giles Sparrow Pdf

A comprehensive history of space exploration chronicles the development of space technology, including rockets, vehicles, and equipment; the role of the "space race"; tragedies; key accomplishments; and past and future missions.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on NASA Oversight
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Astronautics
ISBN : UIUC:30112104054538

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Manned Space Flight: Present and Future by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Astronautics. Subcommittee on NASA Oversight Pdf

Author : United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Technology Utilization Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Biomedical engineering
ISBN : MINN:31951D03554330X

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Biomedical Research and Computer Application in Manned Space Flight by United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Technology Utilization Office Pdf