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The burning blue : the untold story of Christa McAuliffe and NASA's challenger disaster

Kevin Cook, Author | New York : Henry Holt and Co. | 2022

Kevin Cook tells us what really happened on that ill-fated, unforgettable day. He traces the pressures--leading from NASA to the White House--that triggered the fatal order to launch on an ice-cold Florida morning. Cook takes readers inside the [...]

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Spacecraft collision avoidance technology

Rongzhi Zhang, Author ; Yang Kaizhong, Author | London : Academic Press | 2020

This book presents an outline of spacecraft collision warning strategy, elaborate on the basics of orbital calculation for collision avoidance, consider space object detection technology, detail space environment and object orbit, give a method [...]

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Bringing Columbia home : the final mission of a lost space shuttle and her crew /

Michael D. Leinbach, Author ; Jonathan H. Ward, Author | New York, NY : Arcade Publishing | 2018

"Mike Leinbach was the launch director of the space shuttle program when Columbia disintegrated on reentry before a nation's eyes on February 1, 2003. And it would be Mike Leinbach who would be a key leader in the search and recovery effort as N[...]

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Safety and mission assurance acronyms, abbreviations, and definitions

Alfredo E. Colon, Author ; Pedro M. Rivera, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2018

This NASA Technical Handbook compiles into a single volume safety, reliability, maintainability, and quality assurance and risk management terms defined and used in NASA safety and mission assurance directives and standards. The purpose of this [...]

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Space safety and human performance

Tommaso Sgobba, Editor | [S.l.] : Butterworth-Heinemann | 2018

'Space Safety and Human Performance' provides a comprehensive reference for engineers and technical managers within aerospace and high technology companies, space agencies, operators, and consulting firms. The book draws upon the expertise of th[...]

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Space safety and human performance

Tommaso Sgobba, Editor | [S.l.] : Butterworth-Heinemann | 2018

'Space Safety and Human Performance' provides a comprehensive reference for engineers and technical managers within aerospace and high technology companies, space agencies, operators, and consulting firms. The book draws upon the expertise of th[...]

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Spacecraft Egress and Rescue Operations : planning for and managing post-landing contingencies in manned space missions

Jason D. Reimuller, Author | Boulder : Integrated Spaceflight Services | 2015

Spacecraft Egress and Rescue Operations presents the evolution of the planning associated with the landing and post-landing phase of a manned space mission and then presents an overview of the types of egress systems and procedures that have his[...]

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Loss of signal : aeromedical lessons learned from the STS-107 Columbia Space Shuttle mishap /

Philip C. Stepaniak, Editor ; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration., Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2014

presents the aeromedical lessons learned from the Columbia accident that will enhance crew safety and survival on human space flight missions. These lessons were presented to limited audiences at three separate Aerospace Medical Association (AsM[...]

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NASA system safety handbook : Volume 2, System safety concepts, guidelines, and implementation examples

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2014

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Safety design for space operations

Tommaso Sgobba, Editor ; Firooz A. Allahdadi, Editor ; Isabelle Rongier, Editor ; Paul D. Wilde, Editor | [S.l.] : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann | 2013

Endorsed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) and drawing on the expertise of the world's leading experts in the field, Safety Design for Space Operations provides the practical how-to guidance and knowled[...]

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Safety design for space operations

Tommaso Sgobba, Editor ; Firooz A. Allahdadi, Editor ; Isabelle Rongier, Editor ; Paul D. Wilde, Editor | [S.l.] : Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann | 2013

Endorsed by the International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) and drawing on the expertise of the world's leading experts in the field, Safety Design for Space Operations provides the practical how-to guidance and knowled[...]

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NASA system safety handbook : Volume 1, System safety framework and concepts for implementation

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2011

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Space safety regulations and standards

Joseph N. Pelton, Editor ; Ram S. Jakhu, Editor | [S.l.] : Butterworth-Heinemann | 2010

Introduction to Space Safety Regulations and Standards -- Developing and Improving Space Safety Regulations and Standards for Manned and Unmanned Space System -- Safety Regulations and Standards for Unmanned Space Systems -- Regulating Commercia[...]

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Space safety regulations and standards

Joseph N. Pelton, Editor ; Ram S. Jakhu, Editor | [S.l.] : Butterworth-Heinemann | 2010

Introduction to Space Safety Regulations and Standards -- Developing and Improving Space Safety Regulations and Standards for Manned and Unmanned Space System -- Safety Regulations and Standards for Unmanned Space Systems -- Regulating Commercia[...]

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Building a safer space together : proceedings of the 3rdIAASS conference, 21-23 October 2008, Rome, Italy

European Space Agency ; European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC ; ESTEC. International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety ; United States ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; IAASS conference (3rd : 2008 Oct : Rome) | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2009

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Safety design for space systems

Gary Musgrave, Editor ; Axel Larsen, Editor ; Tommaso Sgobba, Editor | [S.l.] : Butterworth-Heinemann | 2009

Introduction to space safety -- The space environment : natural and induced -- Overview of bioastronautics -- Basic principles of space safety -- Human rating concepts -- Life support systems safety -- Emergency systems -- Collision avoidance s[...]

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Space rescue : ensuring the safety of manned spaceflight

David J. Shayler | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in space exploration | 2009

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Columbia crew survival investigation report

NASA ; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | NASA SP | 2008

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The Space Shuttle Program : how NASA lost its way

R. Michael Gordon | [S.l.] : McFarland & Company | 2008

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Space safety in a global world : proceedings of the 2nd IAASS conference, 14-16 May 2007, Chicago, USA

D. (ed.) Danesy ; European Space Agency ; European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC ; ESTEC. International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety ; United States ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration ; IAASS conference (2nd 2007 : Chicago, USA) | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2007

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Too far from home : a story of life and death in space

Chris Jones | [S.l.] : Doubleday | 2007

Every time an astronaut makes the trip into space, he faces the risk of death from the slightest mechanical error or instance of bad luck. In February 2003, American astronauts Donald Pettit and Kenneth Bowersox and Russian flight engineer Nikol[...]

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Columbia final voyage

Philip Chien | [S.l.] : Copernicus Books | 2006

The author tells the whole story of Columbia's final mission : based on interviews, the story of the seven astronauts, an account of how STS-107 was a world-class science mission, descriptions of how the shuttle worked, and hundred of photos (tr[...]

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NASA's space safety program : a comparative assessment of its processes, strengths and weaknesses, and overall performance

Joseph N. Pelton ; Eric Novotny | [S.l.] : Space Advanced Communications Research Institute | 2006

The complete report is available online at http://www.spacesafety.org/spacesafety06.html.

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Slipping the surly bonds : Reagan's Challenger address

Mary E. Stuckey ; United States. ; President (1981-1989 : Reagan). ; Remarks at the memorial service for the crew of the space shuttle Challenger. | [S.l.] : Texas A&M University Press | Library of presidential rhetoric | 2006

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Apollo, Challenger, Columbia : the decline of the space program : a study in organizational communication /

Phillip K. Tompkins, Author ; Emily V. Tompkins, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2005

The book is a compelling, richly detailed, longitudinal case study concentrating on processual changes in communication-as-organization. In this book, Tompkins introduces theory subtly, inserting it to explain details of the organization that w[...]

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Space safety, a new beginning : proceedings of the first IAASS conference, 25-27 October 2005, Nice, France

Huguette Sawaya-Lacoste, Editor ; European Space Agency, Editor ; European Space Research and Technology Centre, ESTEC, Editor ; ESTEC. International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety, Editor ; United States, Editor ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Editor ; IAASS conference (1st 2005 : Nice, France), Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2005

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Space shuttle Columbia : her missions and crews

Ben Evans | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2005

This book looks at each of Columbia's 28 missions in turn and provides : -first-hand interviews with astronauts who lived and worked on the Space Shuttle. -the story in their own words from scientists and engineers who developed and supported he[...]

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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

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Columbia accident investigation board report

Harold W Gehman ; United States. Columbia Accident Investigation Board | [S.l.] : Columbia accident investigation board report | 2003

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Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond

Gene Kranz | [S.l.] : Simon & Schuster | 2000

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