Space exploration has developed from early, unmanned space probes through the pioneering years of the ‘Manned’ Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, to missions that now include women in the crew as a matter of course. Dave Shayler tells the story…
In spite of the Challenger and Columbia disasters, the US Space Shuttle, which entered service in 1981, remains the most successful spacecraft ever developed. Conceived and designed as a reusable spacecraft to provide cheap access to low Earth…
In the 1960s and 1970s deep space missions were dispatched in pairs in case one was lost in launch or failed during its journey. Following the triumphs of the Viking landings on Mars in 1976 and both Voyagers spacecraft successfully surveying the…
illustré De l'aventure à l'évolution ; Les routes de Keplen et Newton ; L'astronautique adulte ; Les trois âges ; La course autour de la Lune ; Le chef-d'oeuvre industriel ; L'Amérique après la victoire ; Les Russes avant la victoire ; L'heure de…
Dit boek bespreekt de ontwikkeling van de ruimteprogramma's en de lancering van de verschillende kunstmanen. Is niet bestemd voor nerds, maar voor de doorsnee ontwikkelde lezer, die interesse heeft in de materie. Inhoud - De technische evolutie van…