Assembling and Supplying the ISS The Space Shuttle Fulfills Its Mission /
The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration. But without the Space Shuttle, it would have remained an impossible dream. Assembling and Supplying the ISS is the story of how, between 1998 and 2011, the Shuttle became the platform which ena...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2017.
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Σειρά: | Springer Praxis Books
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Dedication
- Prologue
- 1 An Alternative Plan
- 2 The Shuttle-ISS Assembly Missions
- 3 The Human Element
- 4 Putting It All Together
- 5 Getting There
- 6 Crew Transfers and Loadmasters
- 7 Building a Space Station
- 8 Stepping Out
- 9 From Inner to Outer Space
- 10 Getting Back
- Closing Comments
- Afterword
- Abbreviations
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- About the Author
- Other Works By the Author
- Index.