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Harland, David M |
Apollo 12 - On the Ocean of Storms |
I08435 |
2011 |
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Benaroya, Haym |
Turning Dust to Gold |
I08134 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Evans, Ben |
Foothold in the Heavens |
I06464 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Harvey, Brian |
Emerging Space Powers |
I06277 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Harvey, Brian |
Russian Space Probes |
I05955 |
2011 |
eBook |
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Nordgren, Tyler |
Stars Above, Earth Below |
I05671 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Norris, Pat |
Watching Earth from Space |
I05657 |
2010 |
eBook |
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Irwin, Louis Neal |
Cosmic Biology |
I05656 |
2011 |
eBook |
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| 9 |
Seedhouse, Erik |
Prepare for Launch |
I05480 |
2010 |
eBook |
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| Title | Apollo 12 - On the Ocean of Storms |
| Author(s) | Harland, David M |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Praxis, 2011. |
| Description | XIX, 522 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | With its two moonwalks, deployment of a geophysical station and geological sampling, Apollo 12 did??what many had hoped would be achieved by the first men to land on the Moon. It spectacularly demonstrated the precision landing capability required for the success of future lunar surface explorations. Apollo 12 - On the Ocean of Storms contains over 30 page of color images, including high-resolution scans recently produced by NASA from the original Hasselblad film; covers the mission from its planning through to completion; includes conversations among the crew in the spacecraft that were not transmitted; in the definitive 'popular' account of this mission. This is the first time in 40 years that the story of the Apollo 12 mission to the Moon has bene told in its entirety, using official documents, flight transcripts, and post-mission debriefing to recreate the drama |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441976079 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. Observations, Astronomical
7. Popular Science in Astronomy
8. SPACE SCIENCES
9. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Foothold in the Heavens : The Seventies |
| Author(s) | Evans, Ben |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Praxis, 2010. |
| Description | XV, 533 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | April 12, 2011 is the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering journey into space. To commemorate this momentous achievement, Springer-Praxis is producing a mini-series of books that reveals how humanity's knowledge of flying, working, and living in space has grown in the last half century. Foothold in the Heavens focuses on the early 1970s, when we completed our first exploration of the Moon and established a real, long-term presence in orbit with the first space stations. It marked a transitional phrase between the heady days of the 1960s and efforts to make space travel more economical, more frequent and more routine in the later 1970s and 1980s. This book explores the intense competition and bitter rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union - with one side devoting its energies to lunar exploration, the other diverting its attention to near-Earth studies - which eventually brought a pair of Cold War foes away from the nuclear trigger to the negotiating table and opened a new era of cooperation in space |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441963420 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Popular Science in Astronomy
8. SPACE SCIENCES
9. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Emerging Space Powers : The New Space Programs of Asia, the Middle East and South-America |
| Author(s) | Harvey, Brian;Smid, Henk H. F;Pirard, Theo |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Praxis, 2010. |
| Description | 732 p. 100 illus : online resource |
| Abstract Note | This work introduces the important emerging space powers of the world. Brian Harvey describes the origins of the Japanese space program, from rocket designs based on WW II German U-boats to tiny solid fuel 'pencil' rockets, which led to the launch of the first Japanese satellite in 1970. The next two chapters relate how Japan expanded its space program, developing small satellites into astronomical observatories and sending missions to the Moon, Mars, comet Halley, and asteroids. Chapter 4 describes how India's Vikram Sarabhai developed a sounding rocket program in the 1960s. The following chapter describes the expansion of the Indian space program. Chapter 6 relates how the Indian space program is looking ahead to the success of the moon probe Chandrayan, due to launch in 2008, and its first manned launching in 2014. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 demonstrate how, in Iran, communications and remote sensing drive space technology. Chapter 10 outlines Brazil's road to space, begun in the mid-1960's with the launch of the Sonda sounding rockets. The following two chapters describe Brazil's satellites and space launch systems and plans for the future. Chapters 13 and 14 study Israel's space industry. The next chapters look at the burgeoning space programs of North and South Korea. The book ends by contrasting and comparing all the space programs and speculating how they may evolve in the future. An appendix lists all launches and launch attempts to date of the emerging space powers |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441908742 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. HISTORY
8. HISTORY OF SCIENCE
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| Title | Russian Space Probes : Scientific Discoveries and Future Missions |
| Author(s) | Harvey, Brian;Zakutnyaya, Olga |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Praxis, 2011. |
| Description | XXIX, 514 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | The Soviet Union began the exploration of space with the launch of Sputnik in 1957, well over 50 years ago, and sent the first probes to the Moon, Mars, and Venus. Less well known is what these probes actually found out. What were the discoveries of Russian space science? What new discoveries may we expect in the future? Who were Russia's most important scientists? Russian Space Probes gives for the first time the definitive history of Soviet-Russian space science, and is the first book to assess the actual achievements of the Russian space program in furthering our knowledge of the Solar System. Among other projects covered are missions such as Elektron, which mapped the Earth's radiation belts; the astrophysical observatories Astron, Kvant, Gamma,??and Granat; Proton, which trapped cosmic rays; Prognoz, which measured solar radiation; and the Interball, Aktivny, APEX, and Magion mission in which satellites chased each other in the Earth's magnetic tail. The final part of the book examines the future of Russian space science and looks at planned new missions, such as the Spektr series of space observatories, and return flights to the Moon and Mars, including a sample of Phobos |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441981509 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
6. Astronomy???Observations
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. Observations, Astronomical
10. Popular Science in Astronomy
11. SPACE SCIENCES
12. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| I05955 |
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| Title | Stars Above, Earth Below : A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks |
| Author(s) | Nordgren, Tyler |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Praxis, 2010. |
| Description | XII, 444 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | In Stars Above, Earth Below, Tyler Nordgren examines a range of astronomical topics and makes the connection between them and the landscapes, processes, and cultures which can be seen and experienced within specific U.S. National Parks. For each park and topic the story unfolds in three steps: what does the reader see for him - or herself? What is the scientific cause or explanation of what is seen? And finally, what is the big picture about ourselves, our world, and our Universe? The author takes us the length and breadth of the U.S., from the coast of Maine to the Yellowstone volcano, from the depths of the Grand Canyon to the heights of the Rocky Mountains, exploring the natural links between the features of the parks and those of our Universe |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441916495 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. ASTRONOMY
2. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
3. Astronomy???Observations
4. EARTH SCIENCES
5. Earth Sciences, general
6. EBOOK
7. EBOOK - SPRINGER
8. GEOLOGY
9. Geotechnical engineering
10. Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
11. Observations, Astronomical
12. Popular Science in Astronomy
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| I05671 |
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| Title | Watching Earth from Space : How Surveillance Helps Us -- and Harms Us |
| Author(s) | Norris, Pat |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Praxis, 2010. |
| Description | XX, 284 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | Are satellites a threat to individual privacy? - How bad is climate change and global warming? - Why can we not find Osama bin Laden? - Does the world have enough fresh water? Watching Earth from Space gives you the answers to these and many other burning questions of the day. This is the story of how our planet is being monitored by hundreds of space-borne instruments for both military and peaceful reasons. It highlights the technical challenges of those instruments and describes the agencies that gather useful information from them. But as well as all the essential monitoring performed by satellites - such as mapping natural or man-made disasters, agricultural performances, weather, and climate change to name a few - there is a growing swell of public opinion that they are being used by governments to erode personal privacy and freedom. This book looks at the possible conflict between public good and market forces, and the future development of new systems to deal with new needs |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441969385 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. EBOOK
5. EBOOK - SPRINGER
6. ENVIRONMENT
7. Measurement Science and Instrumentation
8. Measurement??????
9. NATURE
10. PHYSICAL MEASUREMENTS
11. Popular Science in Nature and Environment
12. REMOTE SENSING
13. Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
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| Title | Cosmic Biology : How Life Could Evolve on Other Worlds |
| Author(s) | Irwin, Louis Neal;Schulze-Makuch, Dirk |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Praxis, 2011. |
| Description | XXII, 338 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | It is very unlikely that little green humanoids are living on Mars. But what are the possible life forms that might exist in our Solar System and how might they have evolved? This uniquely authoritative and imaginative book on the possibilties for alien life addresses the intrinsic interest that we have about life on other worlds - reinforcing some of our assumptions and reshaping others. It introduces new possibilties that will enlarge our understanding of the issue overall, in particular the enormous range of environments and planetary conditions within which life might evolve. Cosmic Biology -discusses a broad range of possible environments where alien life might have evolved; -explains why carbon-based, water-borne life is more likely that its alternatives, but is not the only possiblity; -applies the principles of planetary science and modern biology to evolutionary scenarios on other worlds; -looks at the future fates of living systems, including those on Earth |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441916471 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Animal systematics
2. Animal Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
3. Animal taxonomy
4. ASTROBIOLOGY
5. ASTRONOMY
6. Bioorganic Chemistry
7. EBOOK
8. EBOOK - SPRINGER
9. Popular Science in Astronomy
10. SPACE SCIENCES
11. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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| Title | Prepare for Launch : The Astronaut Training Process |
| Author(s) | Seedhouse, Erik |
| Publication | New York, NY, 1. Imprint: Praxis
2. Praxis, 2010. |
| Description | XXXV, 246 p : online resource |
| Abstract Note | To be an astronaut is the dream of thousands of young - and not so young - people. But is the life as glamorous as we think it is? First, each applicant must navigate a protracted application and selection process, submit to lengthy medicals, take dozens of aptitude tests, and face an interview panel. If successful, the wannabe spacefarer is then subjected to a guantlet of instruction. From being strapped into centrifuges to experiencing microgravity onboard NASA's aptly named 'vomit comet,' the astronaut candidate's (Ascan) trainging is as relentless as it is arduous. In addtion to covering more than two hundred classroom subjects, as Ascan will complete over fifteen hundred hours of instruction, including training in high-performance jets, sea survival, emergency evacuation preparation, and surgery in microgravity. Prepare for Launch provides a unique insight into the astronaut application, selection, and training process. It chronicles the intense, highly technical and sophisticated training necessary to forge a flight crew capable of responding to any conceivable emergency and capable of expertly executing hundreds of mission tasks. This book uniquely explores the preparation required to apply and train for the most challenging and demanding job in the world |
| ISBN,Price | 9781441913500 |
| Keyword(s) | 1. Aerospace engineering
2. Aerospace Technology and Astronautics
3. ASTRONAUTICS
4. ASTRONOMY
5. EBOOK
6. EBOOK - SPRINGER
7. Popular Science in Astronomy
8. SPACE SCIENCES
9. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)
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