World's First Spaceship Shuttle
eBook - ePub

World's First Spaceship Shuttle

  1. English
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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

World's First Spaceship Shuttle

About this book

Join the crew of space shuttle Enterprise as they prepare to take the first step into the twenty-first century. Step aboard the world's first reusable space vehicle with science writer Robert M. Powers for a cockpit view of a launch, orbit, re-entry, and return to earth. Preview the scheduled NASA shuttle missions in hundreds of line drawings and photographs of the crew at work in orbit. The shuttle system is the key to unlocking the next era of technology and the forerunner of space transportation systems of tomorrow: The world's first spaceship, the Enterprise, is here!

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Table of contents

  1. Foreword
  2. Preface
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. 1 Night Launch from Cape Canaveral
  5. 2 The Brick Moon and Other Fancies
  6. 3 Appointment in Orbit
  7. 4 Aboard an Orbiter
  8. 5 Launches, Landings, and In Between
  9. 6 The New Astronauts
  10. 7 The World of Space Shuttle
  11. 8 Spacelab
  12. 9 Astronomy in Space
  13. 10 Modules, Space Platforms, and Space Stations
  14. 11 The Industrialization of Space
  15. 12 Solar Power Satellites
  16. 13 Beyond the Space Shuttle
  17. Appendix A: NASA Abbreviations
  18. Appendix B: Space Shuttle Diagrams
  19. Glossary
  20. Additional Readings

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