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Through thick and thin, the Space Shuttle remained the centerpiece of the American human spaceflight program for three decades. In addition to deploying satellites, planetary probes and, of course, the Hubble Space Telescope, it delivered astronauts to the Mir space station and assembled and sustained the International Space Station. Yet the path to these incredible achievements was never an easy one, with some obstacles resulting in the loss of life and other major consequences that plagued the fleet throughout its operational career.
The book adopts a challenge-by-challenge approach, focusing on specific difficulties and how (if at all) they were fully overcome. Going beyond the technical issues, it relates the human stories of each incident and how changes were effected in order to make theshuttle an exceptionally safer ¿ though still experimental ¿ flying machine.
Through thick and thin, the Space Shuttle remained the centerpiece of the American human spaceflight program for three decades. In addition to deploying satellites, planetary probes and, of course, the Hubble Space Telescope, it delivered astronauts to the Mir space station and assembled and sustained the International Space Station. Yet the path to these incredible achievements was never an easy one, with some obstacles resulting in the loss of life and other major consequences that plagued the fleet throughout its operational career.
The book adopts a challenge-by-challenge approach, focusing on specific difficulties and how (if at all) they were fully overcome. Going beyond the technical issues, it relates the human stories of each incident and how changes were effected in order to make theshuttle an exceptionally safer ¿ though still experimental ¿ flying machine.
Ben Evans has been involved with the topic of space exploration, especially human space exploration, since childhood. He regularly wrote to NASA, corresponded with astronauts and attended lectures and events. Since 1992, Evans has written extensively for the magazines Spaceflight, Countdown, Astronomy Now, Astronomy, All About Space and BBC Sky at Night Magazine.
Evans is currently the senior writer for the website [...], where he covers space history, launches and International Space Station news. He has written nine previous books for the Springer-Praxis imprint, including NASA's Voyager Missions (2003), Space Shuttle Columbia (2005), and Space Shuttle Challenger (2006). More recently, Evans wrote a six-volume History of Human Space Exploration, published between 2009 to 2014.
Explores the technical and human stories behind the evolution of the Space Shuttle program
Covers efforts made to enhance the shuttle's safety, including improvements to the engine, external tank, solid rocket booster systems, and drag chute
Includes recollections by shuttle astronauts, engineers and managers
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Technik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Space Exploration |
| Inhalt: |
xi
291 S. 3 s/w Illustr. 99 farbige Illustr. 291 p. 102 illus. 99 illus. in color. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783030707767 |
| ISBN-10: | 3030707768 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Evans, Ben |
| Auflage: | 1st ed. 2021 |
| Hersteller: |
Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG Space Exploration |
| Maße: | 240 x 168 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Ben Evans |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.05.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,582 kg |
Ben Evans has been involved with the topic of space exploration, especially human space exploration, since childhood. He regularly wrote to NASA, corresponded with astronauts and attended lectures and events. Since 1992, Evans has written extensively for the magazines Spaceflight, Countdown, Astronomy Now, Astronomy, All About Space and BBC Sky at Night Magazine.
Evans is currently the senior writer for the website [...], where he covers space history, launches and International Space Station news. He has written nine previous books for the Springer-Praxis imprint, including NASA's Voyager Missions (2003), Space Shuttle Columbia (2005), and Space Shuttle Challenger (2006). More recently, Evans wrote a six-volume History of Human Space Exploration, published between 2009 to 2014.
Explores the technical and human stories behind the evolution of the Space Shuttle program
Covers efforts made to enhance the shuttle's safety, including improvements to the engine, external tank, solid rocket booster systems, and drag chute
Includes recollections by shuttle astronauts, engineers and managers
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2021 |
|---|---|
| Fachbereich: | Allgemeines |
| Genre: | Technik |
| Rubrik: | Naturwissenschaften & Technik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Reihe: | Space Exploration |
| Inhalt: |
xi
291 S. 3 s/w Illustr. 99 farbige Illustr. 291 p. 102 illus. 99 illus. in color. |
| ISBN-13: | 9783030707767 |
| ISBN-10: | 3030707768 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Evans, Ben |
| Auflage: | 1st ed. 2021 |
| Hersteller: |
Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG Space Exploration |
| Maße: | 240 x 168 x 13 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Ben Evans |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 11.05.2021 |
| Gewicht: | 0,582 kg |
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