To orbit and back again [electronic resource] : how the Space Shuttle flew in space / Davide Sivolella.
2012
TL795.5
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Title
To orbit and back again [electronic resource] : how the Space Shuttle flew in space / Davide Sivolella.
Author
Sivolella, Davide, author.
ISBN
9781461409830 electronic book
1461409837 electronic book
9781461409823
1461409829
1461409837 electronic book
9781461409823
1461409829
Published
New York : Springer, [2012?]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-1-4614-0983-0 doi
Call Number
TL795.5
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.441
Summary
The question may be simple, but the answer is not as easy to give. This book describes the structures and systems used each time the Shuttle was launched, and then follows an imaginary mission, explaining how those structures and systems were used in orbital operations and the return to Earth. Details of how anomalous events were dealt with on individual missions are also provided, as are the recollections of those who built and flew the Shuttle. Highly illustrated with many diagrams, photographs and technical drawings, To Orbit and Back Again focuses on the engineering aspects of the Shuttle describes the systems and subsystems in clear, non-technical terms brings to the fore the design work behind the Space Shuttle and the mission itself.
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Series
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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