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Spies in the sky : surveillance satellites in war and peace

Pat Norris, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2008

Today, military satellites represent 25 per cent of all satellites in orbit. In Spies in the Sky, Pat Norris argues that the development of satellites has prevented nuclear Armageddon. He believes that the 'race to the Moon' between the two supe[...]

Tourists in space : a practical guide

Erik Seedhouse, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2008

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Tourists in space : a practical guide

Erik Seedhouse, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2008

Animals in space : from research rockets to the space shuttle

Colin Burgess ; Chris Dubbs | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

This book examines in unprecedented detail then entire history of animal atmospheric and space flights, from balloon ascents and ballistic journeys atop notoriously unreliable rockets to trips around the Moon and, more recently, aboard numerous [...]

Energiya-Buran : the Soviet space shuttle

Bart Hendrickx ; Bert Vis | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

Lunar and planetary rovers : the wheels of Apollo and the quest for Mars

Anthony Young | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

On the moon : the Apollo journals

Grant Heiken ; Eric M. Jones | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

NASA'S scientist-astronauts

David J. Shayler ; Colin Burgess | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

Praxis manned spaceflight log 1961-2006

David Shayler, Author ; Michael D. Shayler, Author ; Tim Furniss, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

This book is a comprehensive guide to all the space missions, from Gagarin to the ISS and the latest Chinese Shenzhou missions. A chronological sequence of orbital flights includes facts on the sub-orbital and ballistics flights that are a funda[...]

The rebirth of the Russian space program : 50 years after Sputnik, new frontiers

Brian Harvey | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

1. Almost the end / 2. Building the Internaional Space Station / 3. Scientific and applications programs / 4. Military programs / 5. Launchers and engines / 6. Launch sites / 7. The design bureaus / 8. Resurgent-the new projects.

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

Russian planetary exploration : history, development, legacy, prospects

Brian Harvey | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

Soviet and Russian lunar exploration

Brian Harvey | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

1. Origins of the Soviet lunar programme / 2. The first moon probes / 3. Planning the lunar landing / 4. The softlanders and orbiters / 5. The first cosmonauts to the moon / 6. Around the moon / 7. Samplers, rovers and orbiters / 8. Return to t[...]

The story of manned space stations : an introduction

Philip Baker | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2007

This book charts those stations from the very beginning, telling the story of the two major space powers starting out on their very separate programs, but slowly coming together through ASPT, Shuttle-Mir, and the ISS.

US spacesuits

Kenneth S. Thomas ; Harold J. McMann | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2006

Marswalk one : first steps on a new planet

David J. Shayler ; Andrew Salmon ; Michael D. Shayler | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2005

Russia's cosmonauts : inside the Yuri Gagarin training center

Rex Hall ; David J. Shayler ; Bert Vis | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2005

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

Women in space - Following Valentina

David J. Shayler ; Ian A. Moule | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2005

The story of woman in space charts the pioneering aeronautical developments of the early decades of the 20th century to the very start of human exploration, and on to the Shuttle and space station era. The authors chronicle these missions into s[...]