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Hubble: The Mirror on the Universe
Robin Kerrod, Carole Stott
Firefly Books, 2007
Our first clear view of the Universe
Circling a few hundred miles overhead is one of the engineering marvels of the late twentieth century: humanity's very own mirror on the universe, the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Now that we have seen such wonders reflected through its glass, what can we do but ...
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Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys
Michael Collins
Cooper Square Press, 2001
You Won't Want to Put It Down
My father gave me his copy of CARRYING THE FIRE in 1975 when I was eleven. His recommendations were rare, so I knew the book was special--I was not disappointed. Mike's narrative is beautifully delivered, poignant and funny as hell. This is a personal account that ...
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Star Wars Complete Cross-Sections: The Spacecraft and Vehicles of the Entire Star Wars Saga
Curtis Saxton
DK CHILDREN, 2007
Worth it for the extras!!!
I purchased this book just for the extra cutaways! I had a few of the others, but this one was worth it to me as I am a fan of the first set of films and characters and this book had more ships from ROTJ that were unavailable before. Really cool and to me, completely ...
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How Apollo Flew to the Moon (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
W. David Woods
Praxis, 2008
Best of the best
I have over 200 books on the early space program and the race to the moon but this book is by far the best and most detailed I have ever read on just how it was done. I couldn't put it down. If you ever wanted to know, for example, what every abort mode meant during ...
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High Calling: The Courageous Life and Faith of Space Shuttle Columbia Commander Rick Husband
Evelyn Husband
Thomas Nelson, 2004
Excellent
Very meaningful personal testimony to a most important event in our Nation's history.
Should be read by everyone.
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Apollo
Charles Murray
South Mountain Books, 2004
Inner workings of humankind's greatest accomplishment
This is an excellent book covering the inner workings of the Apollo program. It does not focus on the astronauts or the missions themselves, but more about the people on the ground in Mission Control, the engineering challenges of Apollo, the management of the program, ...
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Hubble: 15 Years of Discovery
Lars Lindberg Christensen, Robert A. Fosbury
Springer, 2006
Fun Picture Book
While undertaking a graduate-level course recently to understand big science project development using the Hubble Space Telescope as a classic example, I ran across this book. The images from HST are as meaningful to me as the Apollo 8 Earthrise. In fact, the younger ...
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Incredible Cross-Sections of Star Wars, Episodes IV, V & VI: The Ultimate Guide to Star Wars Vehicles and ...
David Reynolds
DK CHILDREN, 1998
The best info about star wars craft I've ever seen
Hi, I just would like to tell you that these book its not only a peace of art it's also great collection item if you are a Star Wars fan!!!!! thank's!
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Apollo 13
Jeffrey Kluger, James Lovell
Mariner Books, 2006
Read this book!
Sure, watch the movie! However, the book really brings the event closer to the human heart.
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The Space Environment: Implications for Spacecraft Design
Alan C. Tribble
Princeton University Press, 2003
A useful reference
Tribble supplies a good overview of environmental effects on spacecraft. That includes the consequences of being in a vacuum, interactions with neutral particles, plasma interactions (including spacecraft charging), radiation (total dose and single event effects) and ...
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Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms from Concept to Launch (The Space Technology Library)
Microcosm, Inc, 1995
Comprehensive information on developing space structures
Sarafin has complied a wealth of useful information on the entire spacecraft structural design lifecycle. The information presented is both detailed, and well backed up by comprehensive references. The book also includes a very good overview of how structural design ...
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Modern Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
Marshall H. Kaplan
Wiley, 1976
Space craft Dynamics
I think the author has omited some relations between the equations he has obtaind. He'd better to expand relations more.
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Salyut - The First Space Station: Triumph and Tragedy (Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration)
Grujica S. Ivanovich
Praxis, 2008
This remarkable book is a unique insight into the people involved in the development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to operate it. It describes the rotation between the crews, analyses the decision to send the back-up crew on Soyuz 11 and recounts the intrigues and difficult relationships between all the personalities involved ...
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Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Dover Books on Engineering)
Peter C. Hughes
Dover Publications, 2004
The Bible on Attitude Dynamics: A Dynamicist from MA
This is an excellent book and the Bible for spacecraft attitude dynamics. The book uses the so-called vectrices to represent reference frames. After getting used to the notation, it is very convenient tool for book keeping multiple reference frames. Although the idea ...
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Spacecraft-Environment Interactions (Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series)
Daniel Hastings, Henry Garrett
Cambridge University Press, 2004
Reasonably good overview of the subject
A reasonably good overview of the space environment, and its effects on spacecraft (something that more spacecraft engineers should be familiar with). The content is a little light in some areas, and the authors have a nasty habit of pulling complex equations out of ...
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