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  • Threescore Years and Ten
    Ben Evans
    On his 16th birthday, Charlie Masters wakes up on a beach with no memory, a USB stick, and a cryptic note from his parents: Stay hidden; trust nobody. Desperate for answers, he breaks into a school to access the USB but is caught by Kirsty, a sharp-witted local girl living on the fringes of society.With Kirsty s help, Charlie deciphers the message, which reveals a rendezvous ...
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    13,93 €

  • NASA’s Voyager Missions
    Ben Evans
    2022 marks the 45th anniversary of the Voyager probe launches. Launched into space in 1977, these twin probes explored the farthest reaches of the Solar System before venturing on a one-way journey beyond, all the while testing the bounds of science, robotic exploration and our collective imagination. This heavily revised commemorative book takes a comprehensive look at their i...
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    48,01 €

  • The Twenty-first Century in Space
    Ben Evans
    This final entry in the History of Human Space Exploration mini-series by Ben Evans continues with an in-depth look at the latter part of the 20th century and the start of the new millennium. Picking up where Partnership in Space left off, the story commemorating the evolution of manned space exploration unfolds in further detail. More than fifty years after Yuri Gagarin’s pion...
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    63,28 €

  • Partnership in Space
    Ben Evans
    April 12, 2011 was the 50th Anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering journey into space. To commemorate this momentous achievement, Springer-Praxis has produced 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. 'Partners in Space' focuses on the early to late 1990s,...
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    57,08 €

  • Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit
    Ben Evans
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    63,64 €

  • At Home in Space
    Ben Evans
    This volume, like the others, not only focuses upon the individual missions within the decade but also upon key challenges facing human space exploration at specific points within those years - from the problems of simply breathing and eating in space to the challenges of venturing outside in a pressurized spacesuit, the development of newer and better space toilets, and the di...
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    57,02 €

  • Foothold in the Heavens
    Ben Evans
    Foothold in the Heavens, the second volume in the A History of Human Space Exploration series, focuses upon the 1970s, the decade in which humanity established real, longterm foothold in the heavens with the construction and operation of the first space stations. It marked a transitional phase between the heady, race-to-the-Moon days of the Sixties and efforts to make space tra...
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    46,60 €

  • Foothold in the Heavens
    Ben Evans
    Foothold in the Heavens, the second volume in the A History of Human Space Exploration series, focuses upon the 1970s, the decade in which humanity established real, longterm foothold in the heavens with the construction and operation of the first space stations. It marked a transitional phase between the heady, race-to-the-Moon days of the Sixties and efforts to make space tra...
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    65,04 €

  • Escaping the Bonds of Earth
    Ben Evans
    To commemorate the momentous 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin’s pioneering journey into space on 12th April 2011, a series of five books - to be published annually - will explore this half century, decade by decade, to discover how humanity’s knowledge of flying, working and living in space has changed. Each volume will focus not only upon the individ...
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    52,94 €

  • Space Shuttle Challenger
    Ben Evans
    This book details the stories of Challenger’s missions from the points of view of the astronauts, engineers, and scientists who flew and knew her and the managers, technicians, and ground personnel who designed her and nursed her from humble beginnings as a structural test article into one of the most capable Shuttles in NASA’s service. Challenger vet...
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    47,74 €

  • Space Shuttle Columbia
    Ben Evans
    On February 1st 2003, one of the worst and most public disasters ever witnessed in the human space programme unfolded with horrifying suddenness in the skies above north central Texas. The Space Shuttle Columbia - the world’s first truly reusable manned spacecraft - was lost during her return to Earth, along with a crew of seven. It was an event that,...
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    44,35 €