Автор: Andrew Chaikin Название: NASA Archives box ISBN: 3836569507 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783836569507 Издательство: Taschen Рейтинг: Цена: 88550.00 T Наличие на складе: Ожидается поступление. Описание: Prepare to embark on a journey through space and time with The NASA Archives, a visual celebration of humankind`s unstoppable urge to travel away from Earth to worlds beyond. Featuring more than 400 historic photographs and rare concept renderings, this collection guides us through NASA`s 60-year history, from its earliest days to its current...
Автор: Woods David Название: NASA Saturn V 1967-1973 (Apollo 4 to Apollo 17 & Skylab) ISBN: 0857338285 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780857338280 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 31680.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Few launch vehicles are as iconic and distinctive as NASA`s behemoth rocket, the Saturn V, and none left such a lasting impression on those who watched it ascend.
Автор: Fabiny, Sarah Название: What Is Nasa? ISBN: 1524786039 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781524786038 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 3670.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Find out all about NASA in this out-of-this-world addition to the What Was? series. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, better known as NASA, began in 1958. With its creation, the United States hoped to ensure it won the space race against the Soviet Union. Author Sarah Fabiny describes the origins of NASA, the launching of the Apollo program that landed the first human on the moon, and the many missions and discoveries that have taken place since then. NASA has a rich history and still plays an important role in uncovering the mysteries of the universe. Readers are sure to get sucked into this book.
Автор: Baker David Название: NASA Space Shuttle Manual ISBN: 1844258661 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844258666 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 26400.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Describes the origin of the reusable launch vehicle concept during the 1960s, its evolution into a viable flying machine in the early 1970s, and its subsequent design, engineering, construction and operation.
Автор: Fox Mike, Fox Pamela Buckley Название: The Mike Fox Story: NASA Test Subject ISBN: 1545655758 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781545655757 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 32180.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание:
There is a saying in the Space exploration business that we stand on the shoulders of giants. Mike Fox was one of those giants. During the Gemini and Apollo programs when tests to be performed were too dangerous or too great a risk for the Astronauts, Mike would be the first to volunteer. He was a test subject in every space suit before it flew in space. Mike touched so many lives at the Johnson Space Center that we will never know the magnitude of the positive impact he made and his contribution to exploration of Space. He dedicated his life to his country from his service in the Korean War and the Vietnam War as a combat medic, to his 36 years at NASA. Mike was truly part of the greatest generation. In the end it was his exposure to Agent Orange that caused the closure of Mike's extraordinary life. --Ronald Lee, Office of Emergency Management, NASA Johnson Space Center
Mike Fox's wonderful, dry sense of humor and his fearless love of adventure were famous among the astronauts, but my strongest memory of Mike was his tireless obsession to train as many of our JSC folks as possible to perform CPR. He lobbied long, hard and successfully to have AED defibrillators installed in every building at JSC, and to have an adequate number of people certified to use them. He trained countless JSC employees, and all the astronauts, to perform CPR, and that training saved lives on several occasions. When my first grandchildren were born, he volunteered on the weekend to train my entire family on proper resuscitation techniques for newborn babies. Mike's concern for others made him a wonderful role model for everyone. --Michael Coats, former astronaut and Director, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2005 to 2012
Автор: Melvin Croft, John Youskauskas Название: Come Fly with Us: NASA`s Payload Specialist Program ISBN: 0803278926 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803278929 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 39250.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
2020 Space Hipsters Prize for Best Book in Astronomy, Space Exploration, or Space History
Come Fly with Us is the story of an elite group of space travelers who flew as members of many space shuttle crews from pre-Challenger days to Columbia in 2003. Not part of the regular NASA astronaut corps, these professionals known as “payload specialists” came from a wide variety of backgrounds and were chosen for an equally wide variety of scientific, political, and national security reasons. Melvin Croft and John Youskauskas focus on this special fraternity of spacefarers and their individual reflections on living and working in space. Relatively unknown to the public and often flying only single missions, these payload specialists give the reader an unusual perspective on the experience of human spaceflight. The authors also bring to light NASA’s struggle to integrate the wide-ranging personalities and professions of these men and women into the professional astronaut ranks.
While Come Fly with Us relates the experiences of the payload specialists up to and including the Challenger tragedy, the authors also detail the later high-profile flights of a select few, including Barbara Morgan, John Glenn (who returned to space at the age of seventy-seven), and Ilan Ramon of Israel aboard Columbia on its final, fatal flight, STS-107.
