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ISBN: 9781852337933 - The Story of the Space Shuttle The Story of the Space Shuttle
David M Harland

ISBN10: 1852337931  ISBN13: 9781852337933
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 05 Jul 2004
The Story of the Space Shuttle explains the scientific contribution that it has made to the international space programme, focusing on the Shuttle's utility rather than its development. Each chapter is devoted to a specific type of operation... More

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ISBN: 9781852337452 - NASA's Voyager Missions NASA's Voyager Missions
Ben Evans, David M Harland

ISBN10: 1852337451  ISBN13: 9781852337452
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Edition: 2004. 2nd Print
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Nov 2003
This book describes not only the missions from their conception, but the men and women who have devoted their working lives to them. Each of the four planets are discussed, with the Voyagers' discoveries and observations enriched by more recent... More

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ISBN: 9780387215198 - Space Systems Failures Space Systems Failures
David M Harland, Ralph Lorenz

ISBN10: 0387215190  ISBN13: 9780387215198
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: and and
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 30 Mar 2005
In Space Systems Failures David Harland and Ralph Lorenz review the causes of failures and how the engineering knowledge base has been enhanced by the lessons learned. The tales they all provide a valuable insight into the trials and tribulations... More

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ISBN: 9781926592121 - How NASA Learned to Fly in Space How NASA Learned to Fly in Space
David M Harland

ISBN10: 1926592123  ISBN13: 9781926592121
Publisher: Collector's Guide Publishing Apogee Books
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 23 Jun 2010
NASA learned to fly in space in a time when the agency was young and lean, and had an explicit mandate of staggering audacity set against a tight deadline; in a time when the agency readily accepted risk, and made momentous decisions 'on the run'... More

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ISBN: 9781852336561 - Mission to Saturn Mission to Saturn
David M Harland

ISBN10: 1852336560  ISBN13: 9781852336561
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 20 Sep 2002
In Mission to Saturn, David Harland reviews the exploration of Saturn, from the discoveries of the early astronomers through telescopes to the robotic probes and fly-bys of the late 1970s and early 1980s. He then goes on to place our present... More

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ISBN: 9780387230115 - The Story of Space Station Mir The Story of Space Station Mir
David M Harland

ISBN10: 0387230114  ISBN13: 9780387230115
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Nov 2004
Born in the Cold War, Mir's ultimate triumph is that it taught the two superpower rivals, the USSR and the USA, to cooperate in space. Mir showed how humans could live and work in space, how to overcome unforeseen problems, and survive potentially... More

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ISBN: 9781852333751 - The Earth in Context The Earth in Context
David M Harland

ISBN10: 1852333758  ISBN13: 9781852333751
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Oct 2001
Distinguished space historian Harland tells an inspiring tale of scientific discovery with two interwoven strands tracing the earths geological history and the Earth in relation to the solar system. 100 illustrations. The Earth in Context... More

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ISBN: 9780387746388 - Exploring the Moon Exploring the Moon
David M Harland

ISBN10: 0387746382  ISBN13: 9780387746388
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 31 Jan 2008
David Harland opens with a review of the robotic probes, namely the Rangers which returned television before crashing into the Moon, the Surveyors which 'soft landed' in order to investigate the nature of the surface, and the Lunar Orbiters which... More

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ISBN: 9781852333010 - Jupiter Odyssey Jupiter Odyssey
David M Harland

ISBN10: 1852333014  ISBN13: 9781852333010
Publisher: Springer London Ltd
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 01 Oct 2000
Focusing on the Galileo Mission, the story will relate this remarkable spacecraft's protracted gestation and the ordeal of its long haul out to Jupiter and its ultimate triumph: 5 years exploration within the Jovian system. The story spans a full... More

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ISBN: 9780387261294 - Cassini at Saturn Cassini at Saturn
David M Harland

ISBN10: 038726129X  ISBN13: 9780387261294
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 16 Feb 2007
The Cassini spacecraft entered orbit around Saturn on 1 July 2004. Several months later it released the Huygens probe which, on 14 January 2005, parachuted through the clouds of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, and successfully landed on its surface. More