The Science of Spacecraft

Reducere. Science fiction is filled with spacecraft. On Earth, actual rockets explode over Texas while others make their way to Mars. But what are spacecraft...

Reducere. A spacecraft is a machine that is created to fly in the outer space. There are numerous purposes for which spacecrafts are used, such as space colo...

Reducere. DescriptionThis new edition of the classic Satellite Thermal Control Handbook, is a thorough, technical survey of the various technologies used to ...

Reducere. The Space Shuttle Transportation System Manual provides a highly detailed overview of the components that made up the Space Shuttle program. Create...

Reducere. Incredibly detailed cross-sections and cutaways reveal the inner workings of everything - from galaxies and stars to Earth and the human body. Look...

Reducere. Originally created in 1968 by prime contractor North American Rockwell for NASA, the Apollo Spacecraft News Reference (CSM) was intended to educate...

Reducere. Originally created in 1968 by prime contractor North American Rockwell for NASA, the Apollo Spacecraft News Reference (CSM) was intended to educate...

DescriptionCome on a journey through space and let your handy spacecraft provide you with all the information you will need to discover everything ...

Reducere. This is the very first 'inside story' of a key part of the Soviet manned space programme, detailing the development of Soviet/Russian spacesuits. T...

DescriptionPublished to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing by Apollo 11. The story of Apollo has been told many times, bu...

Reducere. The age-old question about alien existence and human contact is explored in a new way in this collection of six novellas, previously anthologized i...

The first in an epic SF trilogy which crosses between Predator, Alien and AVP (Alien Vs Predator). When a Predator spacecraft appears in human spac...

Reducere. Pointing a satellite in the right direction requires an extremely complex system -- one that describes the satellite's orientation and at the same ...

Reducere. FineScale Modeler's Aaron Skinner explores science fiction and fantasy with various other modeling experts in the new book, Out of This World Model...

Ephialtes is the first book in a trilogy of novels set in the twenty-third century. The massive spacecraft Ephialtes, built to patrol Earth, is ref...

Build 52 galaxy-hopping LEGO spacecraft that can fit in the palm of your hand! Complete with step-by-step instructions and stunning full-color phot...

On September 15, 2017, the Cassini spacecraft sent its final transmission to the Earth as it entered the atmosphere of Saturn, ending its historic ...

David Collings reads this dynamic classic novelisation of a Fifth Doctor TV adventure"This range of classic Target audiobooks continues to go from ...

Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys. Officially, they were NASA's Group 8 astronauts, selected in January 197...

Freeman Dyson has designed nuclear reactors and bomb-powered spacecraft; he has studied the origins of life and the possibilities for the long-term...

Reducere. DescriptionAn out-of-this-world exploration of the 1969 Moon landing from children's science expert Seymour Simon In July of 1969, NASA sent the Ap...

Reducere. DescriptionKonstantin Tsiolkovsky is recognized throughout the world as the father of astronautics. He was largely self-educated and in later life ...

Fibre reinforced composite materials are showing sustained growth in an ever widening range of applications from food trays to spacecraft as well a...

Reducere. The structure of Apollo - The Lost and Forgotten Missions follows the development and in flight testing of the Apollo lunar spacecraft prior to Apo...

DescriptionIt's the 21st-century and everything about the space industry is changing, and leading that charge are private sector companies includin...

Reducere. In this completely updated edition of Our Solar System, Seymour Simon takes young readers on a fascinating tour through spaceWith beautiful full-co...

Reducere. Jacob froze. Something was very wrong.Stranded in uncharted space after the malfunction of their experimental Hawking Engine, Derek, Jacob and Vick...

Reducere. DescriptionRetired astronomer Thomas Wm. Hamilton has written six books on astronomy. But science always changes. His most recent book, Moons of th...

Reducere. Years ago, the enormous, enigmatic alien spacecraft called Rama sailed through our solar system as mind-boggling proof that life existed -- or had ...

DescriptionFor over fifty years satellites have circled the Earth and spacecraft have been used to explore our solar system. Every day ordinary peo...

Little Golden Books introduces your young reader to the solar system This simple yet informative book brings our fascinating solar system to life f...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Domenica DipiazzaHave you ever watched video of astronauts walking on the moon? Margaret Hamilton programmed software that ...

Reducere. This edition of Odyssey One has been completely edited and remastered to correct the typos and content issues that reviewers commented on in the or...

Reducere. "Heaven and Earth: Cancer Unleashed" is a hybrid science-fiction/self-help book. The science-fiction portion involves aliens from Treretum, a plane...

DescriptionThe flight campaign for the American space shuttle began on April 12, 1981, with the launch of STS-1 from the Kennedy Space Center, Flor...

Reducere. DescriptionReissued with a new preface by the author on the fiftieth anniversary of the Apollo 11 journey to the moonThe years that have passed sin...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter two decades in space, a man returns to Earth as something new and not completely human, in this "enormously inventive" novel by a ...

Reducere. Otherworlds is a record of humanity's planetary exploration and a tribute to the stunning beauty of our solar system in spectacular high-resolution...

Reducere. Meteorites are fascinating cosmic visitors. Using accessible language, this book documents the history of mineralogy and meteorite research, summar...

Reducere. Description"When I first looked back at the Earth, standing on the surface of the Moon, I cried." This book tells the story of the Apollo Missions,...

DescriptionObservations from the first spacecraft to orbit the planet Mercury have transformed our understanding of the origin and evolution of roc...

DescriptionFrom our special place in the Orion Arm to the Milky Way's future collision with the Andromeda Galaxy, Milky Way Owners' Workshop Manual...

Reducere. Ten thousand stunning photographs and illustrations catalog the wonders of history, space, the natural world, and more in this ultimate resource fo...

Book One in the Fractured Galaxy trilogy, Random Walk is the story of three U.S. Air Force Space Command astronauts: Colonel Derek Williams, a mild...

Reducere. An alien world teeming with deadly life. And fifteen strangers with no idea how or why they came to be there.From the moment Sam Newman and fourtee...

Description"A must-read, highly informative book. Marcelo Brazzi presents his ideas in a way that is both interesting and informative. The book is ...

Reducere. His exploration ship blasted from orbit, Terran scout Adam Reith is stranded on Tschai, a world colonized by three alien species -- the Chasch, the...

DescriptionTechnical drawings of all the major ships and vehicles from the Alien movies, presented in incredible detail. Includes iconic spacecraft...

DescriptionThe Sun may be a mass of incandescent gas, but in the plasmatic reaches of its solar winds spins another seemingly glowing (but relative...

Reducere. A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating...

Reducere. Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979-1981) premiered on American television in September 1979. The story followed a twentieth century astronaut re...

Reducere. Designed by Grumman's brilliant Tom Kelly, the Apollo Lunar Excursion Module (or "LEM" for short) was a triumph of purpose-built engineering. In th...

Reducere. Halley's Comet tells its own history in this unique STEM book Halley's Comet, visible from Earth only once every 75 years, tells its own story in t...

DescriptionJust ten days after Alan Shepard Jr. became America's first man in space on May 5, 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael SallaForeword by: Robert WoodThe Los Angeles Air Raid on February 24/25, 1942 opened an unprecedented chapter in th...

Reducere. Once perceived as distant, cold, dark, and seemingly unknowable, Pluto had long been marked as the farthest and most unreachable frontier for solar...

Reducere. THE ALIEN SKILL SERIES (BOOKS 1-3) IN A SINGLE VOLUME"This series will be around for years " (Amazon review)A BOY WITH AN ALIEN POWER."The thing is...

Reducere. "Hadfield is a genius, a man of science and technology and no first-timer to the universe."-New York Post Chris Hadfield has spent decades training...

Reducere. THE COMPLETE ALIEN SKILL SERIES (BOOKS 1-3) IN A SINGLE VOLUME"The reveals are monumental!" (Amazon review)A BOY WITH AN ALIEN POWER."The thing is,...

Reducere. Lanik Mueller's birthright as heir to planet Treason's most powerful rulership will never be realized. He is a "rad" -- radical regenerative. A fre...

Reducere. DescriptionThis Hugo Award finalist, "justifiably regarded as a classic" (SFReviews.net), is the tale of an epic space voyage where time dilation g...

Reducere. * One of Inc.com's 6 Books You Need to Read in 2020 (According to Bill Gates, Satya Nadella, and Adam Grant)* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 b...

Reducere. Until very recently, all we really knew about Venus, our nearest planetary neighbor, was that it was roughly the same size and mass as the earth an...

Reducere. When a tremendous spacecraft took orbit around the Earth's moon and began sending smaller landers down toward the North Pole, the newly arrived vis...

* Adam Grant's # 1 pick of his top 20 books of 2020* Named a "must read" by Susan Cain, "endlessly fascinating" by Daniel Pink, and "bursting with ...

Reducere. Just ten days after Alan Shepard Jr. became America's first man in space on May 5, 1961, President John F. Kennedy challenged the nation, suggestin...

Discover everything you've ever wanted to know about space in a stellar book for aspiring experts, featuring exclusive astronomical insights and in...

DescriptionThe world is delighted when a space craft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, they think for the firs...

In 2019, China astonished the world by landing a spacecraft and rover on the far side of the Moon, something never achieved by any country before. ...

Reducere. Gene Wolfe's In Green's Jungles is the second volume, after On Blue's Waters, of his ambitious SF trilogy, The Book of the Short Sun. It is again n...