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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 €

  • Praxis Manned Spaceflight Log 1961-2006
    Michael D. Shayler / Shayler David / Tim Furniss
    This flagship work charts a complete chronological log of orbital manned spaceflight. Included are the X-15 'astroflights' of the 1960s, and the two 1961 Mercury and Redstone missions which were non-orbital. There is an image depicting each manned spaceflight, and data boxes containing brief biographies of all the space travelers. The main text is a n...
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    57,38 €

  • Russia’s Cosmonauts
    Bert Vis / David Shayler / Rex D. Hall
    There is no competition since this is the first book in the English language on cosmonaut selection and training Offers a unique and original discussion on how Russia prepares its cosmonauts for spaceflight. Contains original interviews and photographs with first-hand information obtained by the authors on visits to Star City Provides an insight ...
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    53,36 €

  • Marswalk One
    Andrew Salmon / David Shayler / Michael D. Shayler
    MARSWALK ONE: First Steps on a New Planet addresses the question of why we should embark on a journey to Mars, documenting what the first human crew will do when they place their feet in the red dust of the planet. The book also addresses why we need to carry out these tasks and, more importantly, what a human crew could achieve that an automated miss...
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    66,35 €

  • Women in Space - Following Valentina
    David Shayler / Ian A. Moule
    * This is the only book that provides the full story of the role of women in space exploration. * Previously unpublished photographs of various aspects of training and participation in spaceflights are included. * Personal interviews with female cosmonauts and astronauts. * Traces the history of female aviation milestones from the early part of t...
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    53,27 €

  • Walking in Space
    D. Ed Shayler / David Shayler
    Over the past 35 years more than 100 individual astronauts and cosmonauts have performed nearly 200 EVAs, (spacewalks), either singularly or in teams in Earth orbit, deep space or on the Moon. In ’Walking in Space: Development of Space Walking Techniques’ the author, Dave Shayler, shows how hardware and crew members are prepared for, protected and sup...
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    53,38 €

  • Soyuz
    David Shayler / Rex D. Hall
    Rex Hall and Dave Shayler provide a unique history of the Soyuz spacecraft programme from conception, through development to its use, detailed in the only English language book available on this topic. Planned for publication in 2003, it will celebrate 40 years since the original concept of the Soyuz craft. ...
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    74,90 €

  • Apollo
    David Shayler / Shayler David
    The structure of Apollo - The Lost and Forgotten Missions follows the development and in flight testing of the Apollo lunar spacecraft prior to Apollo 11 as well as missions planned following that first landing. Drawing upon combinations of archival documentation from the first four manned Apollo missions and future mission plans evolved in the summer...
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    72,01 €

  • Gemini Steps to the Moon
    David Shayler
    In Gemini - Steps to the Moon, David Shayler, the author, tells the story of the origin and development of the programme and the spacecraft from the perspective of the engineers, flight controllers and astronauts involved. It includes chapters on flight tests, Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA), rendezvous and docking, as well as information from NASA arc...
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    59,28 €

  • Skylab
    D. Shayler / David Shayler / Shayler David
    Skylab is not just a story of space hardware and space science, but also of space explorers and pioneers. Using official NASA documentation and interviews with the astronauts and key personnel, the inside story of Skylab is presented as the story unfolds. An evaluation of the lessons learnt from the programme and how these were, or were not, incorpora...
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    76,94 €

  • The Rocket Men
    David Shayler / R. Hall / Rex D. Hall
    This book is the first known work in the west dedicated to revealing the full story of the Vostok space missions, and the first fledgling steps off our planet. In Leaving the Planet authors Rex Hall and Dave Shayler review this Soviet demonstration of technological progress. The text examines both the developmental and operational aspects of the missi...
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    59,81 €

  • 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 €