The Space Shuttle Program Technologies and Accomplishments /

• Main Author: Sivolella, Davide (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Popular works.; Engineering design.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Popular Science, general.; Engineering Design.

This book tells the story of the Space Shuttle in its many different roles as orbital launch platform, orbital workshop, and science and technology laboratory. It focuses on the technology designed and developed to support the missions of the Space Shuttle program. Each mission is examined, from bot...

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Chapter 1: A Remarkable Flying Machine
• Chapter 2: Launch Platform
• Chapter 3: EVA Operations
• Chapter 4: Learning to Build a Space Station
• Chapter 5: Satellite Servicing
• Chapter 6: Science Laboratory
• Chapter 7: Spacelab Stories
• chapter 8: Space Industries
• Chapter 9: Space Shuttle in Uniform
• Chapter 10: Something That Nobody Had Ever Done Before
• Chapter 11: More Power and Time Needed
• Chapter 12: Adding New Capabilities
• Chapter 13:The Legacy of the Shuttle Program
• Index.