For decades experiments conducted on space stations like MIR and the ISS have been gathering data in many fields of research in the natural sciences, medicine and engineering. The European Union-sponsored ULISSE project focused on exploring the wealth of unique experimental data…
Earth science: geology, the environment, and the universe
by Borrero, Francisco J., Hess, Frances Scelsi, Hsu, Juno, Kunze, Gerhard, Leslie, Stephen A., Letro, Stephen, Manga, Michael, Sharp, Len, Snow, Theodore P., (Theodore Peck), Zike, Dinah, National Geographic Society (U.S.)., Education Division, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill
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This book comprises an excursion through space weather, a scientific topic in rapid growth and with growing impact and complications for technological societies. The emphasis of the present volume is on the origins of space weather: the Sun and the solar mind. Very much as the S…
Résulte de la fusion du Dictionnaire de l'astronomie et du Dictionnaire de l'espace parus en 1995 et 1996. Entièrement mis à jour, de nouvelles entrées ont été introduites et quelques développements trop techniques ont été supprimés. Au total, environ 2.500 entrées présentent le…
This is volume 6 of Planets, Stars and Stellar Systems, a six-volume compendium of modern astronomical research, covering subjects of key interest to the main fields of contemporary astronomy. This volume on "Extragalactic Astronomy and Cosmology" edited by William C. Keel prese…
Cosmic vision: space science for europe 2015-2025
by Wilson, Andrew, Bignami, Giovanni
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This book describes the future of the Artemis Lunar Program from the years 2017 to about 2030. Despite the uncertainty of the times and the present state of space exploration, it is likely that what is presented in this book will actually happen, to one degree or another. As his…
This book describes the future of the Artemis Lunar Program from the years 2017 to about 2030. Despite the uncertainty of the times and the present state of space exploration, it is likely that what is presented in this book will actually happen, to one degree or another. As his…
This book describes the future of the Artemis Lunar Program from the years 2017 to about 2030. Despite the uncertainty of the times and the present state of space exploration, it is likely that what is presented in this book will actually happen, to one degree or another. As his…
Intended for a one- or two-semester course, this text applies basic, one-variable calculus to analyze the motion both of planets in their orbits as well as interplanetary spacecraft in their trajectories. The remarkable spacecraft missions to the inner and outermost reaches of o…
Intended for a one- or two-semester course, this text applies basic, one-variable calculus to analyze the motion both of planets in their orbits as well as interplanetary spacecraft in their trajectories. The remarkable spacecraft missions to the inner and outermost reaches of o…
Spacecraft Thermal Control Technologies
by Miao, Jianyin, Zhong, Qi, Zhao, Qiwei, Zhao, Xin
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This book presents fundamental theories, design and testing methodologies, and engineering applications concerning spacecraft thermal control systems, helping readers gain a comprehensive understanding of spacecraft thermal control systems and technologies. With abundant design …