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  • Robotic Exploration of the Solar System
    David M. Harland / Paolo Ulivi
    In Robotic Exploration of the Solar System, Paolo Ulivi and David Harland provide a comprehensive account of the design and management of deep-space missions, the spacecraft involved - some flown, others not - their instruments, and their scientific results.This fourth volume in the series covers the period 2004 to the present day and features:coverage of the Rosetta and Curios...
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    58,71 €

  • Apollo 12 - On the Ocean of Storms
    David M. Harland
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    75,64 €

  • The First Men on the Moon
    David M. Harland
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    69,12 €

  • NASA’s Moon Program
    David M. Harland
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    52,99 €

  • Space Exploration 2008
    Brian Harvey / David M. Harland
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    49,91 €

  • Robotic Exploration of the Solar System
    David M. Harland / Paolo Ulivi
    This fascinating book is a must-have text for space enthusiasts with an engineering bent. It is a detailed history of unmanned missions that have explored our solar system. The subject is treated wherever possible from an engineering and scientific standpoint and includes technical descriptions of the spacecraft, their mission designs and their instru...
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    64,84 €

  • Cassini at Saturn
    David M. Harland
    *Brings the story of the Cassini-Huygens mission and their joint exploration of the Saturnian system right up to date. *Combines a review of previous knowledge of Saturn, its rings and moons, including Titan, with new spacecraft results in one handy volume. *Provides the latest and most spectacular images, which will never have appeared ...
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    48,27 €

  • Apollo
    David M. Harland / Richard W. Orloff
    This book provides an overview of the origins of the Apollo program and descriptions of the ground facilities, launch vehicles and spacecraft that were developed in the quest to reach - and return from - the surface of the moon. It will serve as an invaluable single-volume sourcebook for space enthusiasts, space historians, journalists, and others. Th...
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    82,95 €

  • Water and the Search for Life on Mars
    D. Harland / David M. Harland
    Provides a comprehensive account of the recent ’Spirit’ and ’Opportunity’ Mars Exploration Rover missions. Relates how NASA/ESA have sought evidence of life on Mars, with the prevailing mood sometimes being optimistic and sometimes pessimistic. Details an account of the rationale for the tests for life carried out by the Viking missions in 1976, wit...
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    47,68 €

  • Space Systems Failures
    David M. Harland / Ralph Lorenz
    The very first book on space systems failures written from an engineering perspective. Focuses on the causes of the failures and discusses how the engineering knowledge base has been enhanced by the lessons learned. Discusses non-fatal anomalies which do not affect the ultimate success of a mission, but which are failures nevertheless. Describes en...
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    59,69 €

  • The Story of Space Station Mir
    David M. Harland
    * Details how a succession of Salyut space stations led to the development of Mir. * Depicts Mir’s assembly piece by piece, in space, between 1982 and 1996. * Describes how Mir became an international research laboratory. * Advises how Mir technology went on to form the ’core modules’ of the ISS. * The definitive account of Mir throughout its life...
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    53,23 €

  • The Story of the Space Shuttle
    David M. Harland
    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 orbit, and to supersede expendable launch vehicles, serving as the National Space Transportation System, it n...
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    44,52 €

  • The Big Bang
    D. M. Ed Harland / David M. Harland
    The first up-to-date book written for the popular enthusiast market which describes the development of modern particle physics and its importance in improving our understanding of the origin and evolution of the Universe. ...
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    47,85 €

  • Mission to Saturn
    David M. Harland
    Saturn is back in the news! The Cassini/Huygens spacecraft, a joint venture by NASA and the European Space Agency, is on its way to Saturn, where it will arrive in July 2004. During 2005 it will explore beneath the clouds of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon and potential home for extraterrestrial life. Written by an established space historian and experie...
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    45,28 €

  • Creating the International Space Station
    David M. Harland / John Catchpole / John E. Catchpole
    As the most obvious man-made object in the night sky, clearly visible to the naked eye, the International Space Station is of interest to almost everyone. Richly illustrated with around 100 figures this is the first book to describe the technical aspects of its design and construction and details of its day-to-day operation. The text relates the orbit...
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    84,14 €

  • The Earth in Context
    D. M. Harland / David M. Harland
    The Earth in Context: A Guide to the Solar System tells a tale of scientific discovery, with two interwoven strands - one tracing the development of understanding the Earth’s geological history, and the other placing this in the context of processes at work on the other planets of the solar system. Although planetology is assigned half of the text, th...
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    53,02 €

  • Jupiter Odyssey
    D. M. Harland / David M. Harland
    Prior to the space age, little was known about Jupiter. Focusing on the Galileo mission, this book tracks the remarkable spacecraft gestation, the ordeal of its long haul out to Jupiter, and its 5 year long exploration of the Jovian system. The book features material taken from press conferences, technical papers, and essays written by engineers and s...
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    53,09 €