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  • Gemini 5
    David J. Shayler
    This third book of the Gemini mission series focuses on the flight that simulated in Earth orbit the duration of an eight-day Apollo mission to the Moon. After the proof-of-concept test flights Gemini 1, 2 and 3 (as described in GEMINI FLIES!) and the success of the first American EVA as well as the four-day U.S. mission (GEMINI 4), NASA gained the confidence to gradually incre...
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    47,04 €

  • Spacelab Payloads
    David J. Shayler / Michael E. Haddad
    Spacelab was a reusable laboratory facility that was flown on the Space Shuttle from 1983 to 1998. Completing 22 major missions and contributing to many other NASA goals, Spacelab stands as one of the Shuttle program’s most resounding successes.The system comprised multiple components, including a pressurized laboratory module, unpressurized carrier pallets and other related ha...
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    46,60 €

  • NASA’s First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection
    Colin Burgess / David J. Shayler / David JShayler
    Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys. Officially, they were NASA’s Group 8 astronauts, selected in January 1978 to train for orbital missions aboard the Space Shuttle. Prior to this time only pilots or scientists trained as pilots had been assigned to fly on America’s spacecraft, but with the advent of the innovative winged spacecraft the do...
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    48,84 €

  • Manned Spaceflight Log II-2006-2012
    David J. Shayler / Michael D. Shayler
    'Manned Spaceflight Log' discusses over 40 recent spaceflights from September 2006 through September 2012, a time of great change in human spaceflight history. Following on from 'Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006,' the authors continue the story until the end of September 2012, with new chapters detailing the development and accomplishments of h...
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    62,95 €

  • Space Rescue
    David J. Shayler
    Looks forward to the completion of the ISS, possibility of return to the moon, manned flights to Mars, and the prospect of safety and rescue far beyond. Describes the role of Mission Control and recovery forces in ensuring the support from the ground to the crew in space. Provides a unique range of historic archive of material on the Russian programme...
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    59,64 €

  • Disasters and Accidents in Manned Spaceflight
    D. J. Shayler / David Shayler / Shayler David
    Here, Dave Shayler examines the hurdles faced by space crews as they prepare and embark on space missions. Divided into six parts, the text opens with the fateful, tragic mission of the Challenger crew in 1986. This is followed by a review of the risks that accompany every space trip and the unique environment in which the space explorer lives and wor...
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    62,62 €