Space Shuttle Missions Summary (NASA/TM-2011-216142)

Space Shuttle Missions Summary (NASA/TM-2011-216142)
Author: Robert D. Legler
Publisher: www.Militarybookshop.CompanyUK
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2011-09-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781782662235

Full color publication. This document has been produced and updated over a 21-year period. It is intended to be a handy reference document, basically one page per flight, and care has been exercised to make it as error-free as possible. This document is basically "as flown" data and has been compiled from many sources including flight logs, flight rules, flight anomaly logs, mod flight descent summary, post flight analysis of mps propellants, FDRD, FRD, SODB, and the MER shuttle flight data and inflight anomaly list. Orbit distance traveled is taken from the PAO mission statistics.

Digest

Digest
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 966
Release: 1992
Genre: Earth sciences
ISBN:

International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems

International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems
Author: Steven J. Isakowitz
Publisher: AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics)
Total Pages: 680
Release: 2004
Genre: Launch vehicles (Astronautics)
ISBN:

This bestselling reference guide contains the most reliable and comprehensive material on launch programs in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Israel, and the United States. Packed with illustrations and figures, this edition has been updated and expanded, and offers a quick and easy data retrieval source for policy makers, planners, engineers, launch buyers, and students.

Orbital Debris: A Chronology

Orbital Debris: A Chronology
Author: David S. F. Portree
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1999
Genre: Space debris
ISBN:

The 37-year (1961-1998) history of orbital debris concerns. Tracks orbital debris hazard creation, research, observation, experimentation, management, mitigation, protection, and policy. Includes debris-producing, events; U.N. orbital debris treaties, Space Shuttle and space station orbital debris issues; ASAT tests; milestones in theory and modeling; uncontrolled reentries; detection system development; shielding development; geosynchronous debris issues, including reboost policies: returned surfaces studies, seminar papers reports, conferences, and studies; the increasing effect of space activities on astronomy; and growing international awareness of the near-Earth environment.

Wings in Orbit

Wings in Orbit
Author: Wayne Hale
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2010
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780160887604

Explains how the space shuttle works and describes a shuttle trip from lift-off to touchdown.