The Space Shuttle: An Experimental Flying Machine: Foreword by Former Space Shuttle Commander Sid Gutierrez 3030707768, 9783030707767

The Space Shuttle: An Experimental Flying Machine 3030707768, 9783030707767

This book explains how the achievements of the Space Shuttle, the world’s first reusable manned spacecraft, were built o

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Brave Black Women: From Slavery to the Space Shuttle 9780292757356

Brave black women have played important roles in American history. Before the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, black w

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Upgrading the Space Shuttle [1 ed.] 9780309517508, 9780309063821

The space shuttle is a unique national resource. One of only two operating vehicles that carries humans into space, the

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The Space Shuttle program: technologies and accomplishments 9783319549446, 9783319549460, 3319549448

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Riding rockets: the outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut 9780743296762, 0743296761, 0743276825

Cover; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Bowels and Brains; 2. Adventure; 3. Polio; 4. Sputnik; 5. Selection; 6.

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Building a Space Station: The Shuttle Assembly and Resupply Missions 9783319404417, 9783319404431, 3319404415

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An Assessment of Space Shuttle Flight Software Development Processes [1 ed.] 9780309595346, 9780309048804

Effective software is essential to the success and safety of the Space Shuttle, including its crew and its payloads. The

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Riding rockets: the outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut 9780743296762, 0743296761, 9780743276825

Cover; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Bowels and Brains; 2. Adventure; 3. Polio; 4. Sputnik; 5. Selection; 6.

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Riding rockets: the outrageous tales of a space shuttle astronaut 9780743296762, 0743296761, 9780743276825

Cover; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Bowels and Brains; 2. Adventure; 3. Polio; 4. Sputnik; 5. Selection; 6.

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NASA's First Space Shuttle Astronaut Selection: Redefining the Right Stuff [1 ed.] 3030457419, 9783030457419

Unofficially they called themselves the TFNG, or the Thirty-Five New Guys. Officially, they were NASA’s Group 8 astronau

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