The story of the exploration of deep space that has largely taken place in the final decades of the 20th century. Space probes have now visited all of the major planets of our Solar System. However, beyond the Solar System, across the final frontier…
From the dust jacket: "Writing in an authoritative yet straightforward style requiring no prior knowledge of advanced mathematics or physics, Dr Davies explores the changing ideas of space and time particularly as illustrated by their application to…
Ressmeyer's book, from the publishers of "A Day in the Life" (of America, the Soviet Union, etc.) series, replaces the temporal format with a geographical one to present a photographic record of the world's astronomical observatories, space…
In what may be the best single-volume introduction to military and civilian space flight, this up-to-date space primer from the Department of Defense provides comprehensive coverage of modern spaceflight principles and practices, with an extensive…
Traces the beginnings and developments of the shuttle, shuttle astronauts, in-orbit operations, and speculations on goals for tomorrow (boek gepubliceerd in 1985)
De Space Shuttle Columbia vertrok op 16 januarie 2003 voor de 28° vlucht. Op deze missie stonden 80 medische en technische experimenten op het programma, waarvan drie Nederlandse. Deze DVD bevat vele video-opnames die gemaakt zijn met video's aan…