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Enhancing Hubble's vision

David J. Shayler, Author ; David M. Harland, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2016

After a 20-year struggle to place a large, sophisticated optical telescope in orbit the Hubble Space Telescope was finally launched in 1990, though its primary mirror was soon found to be flawed. A dramatic mission in 1993 installed corrective [...]

Robotic exploration of the solar system : part 4: The modern era 2004-2013

Paolo Ulivi, Author ; David M. Harland, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2015

Robotic exploration of the solar system : part 3: wows and woes, 1997-2003

Paolo Ulivi ; David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2012

Robotic exploration of the solar system : part 2: Hiatus and renewal 1983-1996

Paolo Ulivi ; David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2009

Paving the way for Apollo 11

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2008

The book relates how the robotic projects were scaled up to make possible the first Apollo lunar landing.

Robotic exploration of the solar system : part 1: The golden age 1957-1982

Paolo Ulivi ; David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

Space systems failures : disasters and rescues of satellites, rockets and space probes

David M. Harland ; Ralph Lorenz | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2005

The story of the space station Mir

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | 2005

Born in the Cold War, Mir's ultimate triumph is that it taught the two superpower ruvals, the USSR and the USA, to cooperate in space. Mir showed how humans could live and work in space, how to overcome unforeseen problem, and survive potentiall[...]

How NASA learned to fly in space : an exciting account of the Gemini missions

David M. Harland | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | 2004

NASA's Voyager missions : exploring during the outer solar system and beyond

Ben Evans ; David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2004

The story of the space shuttle

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2004

Apollo EECOM : journey of a lifetime

Sy. Liebergot ; David M. Harland | Burlington, Ont. : Apogee books | 2003

The big bang : a view from the 21st century

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2003

Lunar exploration : human pioneers and robotic surveyors

Paolo Ulivi ; David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2003

Creating the international Space Station

David M. Harland ; John E. Catchpole | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2002

Now, for the first time, here is a comprehensive and highly readable account of the creation of the International Space Station. Beginning with a review of the operations that led up to the construction of the ISS -Skylab, Salyut, Mir and the Sh[...]

Mission to Saturn : Cassini and Huygens probe

David M. Harland | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2002

The earth in context : a guide to the solar system

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2001

"The Earth in context" tells a story of scientific discovery with two interwomen strands: one tracing the development of knowledge about earth's geological history, and the second placing this in the context of our near neighbours in the solar s[...]

Jupiter odyssey : the story of NASA's Galileo mission

David M. Harland | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences | 2000

Although conceived in 1975, the Galileo spacecraft was not able to be launched until 1989. On its 6-year voyage to Jupiter, it studied the Earth/Moon system and the planet Venus and returned the first close-up views of asteroids, one of which wa[...]