LIBRARY

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Sky alert! : when satellites fail /

Les Johnson, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | Springer-Praxis books in popular science | 2012

Dot-dash to dot.com : how modern telecommunications evolved from the telegraph to the internet

Andrew Wheen, Author | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2011

Telecommunications is a major global industry, and this unique book chronicles the development of this complex technology from the electric telegraph to the Internet in a simple, accessible, and entertaining way. The book opens with the early ye[...]

Stratospheric flight : aeronautics at the limit

A. Sobester | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | Springer-Praxis books in popular science | 2011

The Apollo guidance computer : architecture and operation

Frank O'Brien | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2010

The book describes the Apollo guidance computer's architecture, executive software, and the programs used by the astronauts.

At the edge of the solar system : icy new worlds unveiled

Alain Doressoundiram ; Emmanuel Lellouch | New York, NY : Springer | 2010

Assessing climate change : temperatures, solar radiation, and heat balance

Donald Rapp | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences | 2008

1. Historical variations in the Earth's climate 2. Temperatures in the past millennium 3. Temperatures in the past century 4. Variability of the Sun 5. The Earth's heat balance and the greenhouse effect 6. CO2 production and climate change 7. I[...]

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.

Planet Mars : story of another world

François Forget ; François Costard ; Philippe Lognonné | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2008

1. Birth of a planet! : -4.6 to -3.8 billion years -- 2. A youthful Mars : -4 to -3.5 billion years -- 3. The slow metamorphosis : -3.8 to -0.1 billion years -- 4. Climates and storms : Mars today -- 5. Exploring Mars : 1650-2050.

Salyut : the first space station : triumph and tragedy

Grujica S. Inanovich | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2008

Energiya-Buran : the Soviet space shuttle

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

Human missions to Mars : enabling technologies for exploring the red planet

Donald Rapp | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering | 2007

Human missions to Mars : enabling technologies for exploring the red planet /

Donald Rapp, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronautical engineering | 2007

In "Human Missions to Mars" Donald Rapp looks at human missions to Mars from an engineering perspective. He begins by describing the pros and cons of robotic exploration versus human exploration and then examines the ideas for sending humans to [...]

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Searching for water in the universe

Therese Encrenaz | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2007

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.

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[...]

Giant planets of our solar system : atmospheres, composition, and structure

Patrick G.J. Irwin | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2003

Soyuz : a universal spacecraft

Rex Hall | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2003

Apollo : the lost and forgotten missions

David J. Shayler | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2002

The author chronicles these developments in adapting the lunar hardware to meet other objectives. Apollo, was a program of eleven missions.

Mission to Saturn : Cassini and Huygens probe

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

If the universe is teeming with Aliens? Where is everybody? : fifty solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the problem of extraterrestrial life

Stephen Webb | Cham : Springer, Published in association with Praxis Publishing | 2002