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Space Shuttle Program: Technologies and Accomplishments 1st ed. 2017 [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 360 pages, kõrgus x laius: 240x168 mm, kaal: 765 g, 59 Illustrations, color; 94 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 360 p. 153 illus., 59 illus. in color., 1 Paperback / softback
  • Sari: Springer Praxis Books
  • Ilmumisaeg: 26-Jun-2017
  • Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG
  • ISBN-10: 3319549448
  • ISBN-13: 9783319549446
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 360 pages, kõrgus x laius: 240x168 mm, kaal: 765 g, 59 Illustrations, color; 94 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 360 p. 153 illus., 59 illus. in color., 1 Paperback / softback
  • Sari: Springer Praxis Books
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  • Kirjastus: Springer International Publishing AG
  • ISBN-10: 3319549448
  • ISBN-13: 9783319549446
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This unique book tells the story of the Space Shuttle from its many different roles as orbital launch platform; orbital workshop; and science and technology laboratory. It is exclusively focused on the technology designed and developed to support the missions of the Space Shuttle program. Each mission is cataloged and detailed in turn, together with technical and managerial issues relating to each one. Although outwardly identical, the capabilities of the orbiters in the late years of the program were quite different from those in 1981.
 
Davide Sivolella traces the various improvements and modifications made to the shuttle over the years as part of each mission story. Thus a discussion of the Extended Duration Orbiter forms part of the STS-50 story, the need for an orbiter to replace Challenger features in the section on STS-49, and a review of the new glass cockpit comes under STS-101. 1. Technically accurate with a narrative style and simple explanations of difficult engineering concepts, it provides details of less-known concepts developed but never flown and commemorates the ingenuity of NASA and its partners in making each Space Shuttle mission a success by pushing the boundaries of what we can accomplish in space.
 
This general, popular science book focuses on recounting the adventures of each of the missions through technical esoterica, press kits, original documents, newspaper and magazine articles, memoirs and interviews. This will therefore be the most up-to-date and comprehensive account of the shuttle's many missions available and will refocus interest on a quite remarkable flying machine and space program that often is kept in the background.
Acknowledgements ix
1 A Remarkable Flying Machine
1(22)
The Spaceplane
1(2)
Space Shuttle 101
3(3)
Solid Rocket Boosters
6(4)
External Tank
10(1)
Orbiter Vehicle
11(10)
Space Shuttle: What for?
21(2)
2 Launch Platform
23(31)
"A tale of two upper stages"
23(4)
Payload Assist Module maiden flight
27(4)
Space Shuttle Inertial Upper Stage debut
31(8)
Death Star
39(7)
Gateway to the Solar System
46(3)
Additional Upper Stages
49(5)
3 EVA Operations
54(30)
"There was no requirement for EVA"
54(5)
A Wardrobe for the Astronauts
59(9)
A Tale of Two Spacewalks
68(5)
EMU Improvements
73(2)
Human Satellite
75(9)
4 Learning to Build a Space Station
84(28)
Introduction
84(2)
Heavy Payload Lifting
86(4)
Space Station Hardware Testing
90(4)
On-Orbit Assembly
94(10)
Spacewalking Quality Time
104(8)
5 Satellite Servicing
112(41)
Introduction
112(3)
The First On-Orbit Satellite Servicing
115(8)
"Something that nobody's ever done before"
123(6)
"Something we weren't planning on doing"
129(3)
"We think we could go up and fix this thing"
132(4)
"I'm going downstairs to get ready"
136(2)
Threesome Spacewalk
138(4)
Servicing the Hubble Space Telescope
142(9)
Conclusions
151(2)
6 Science Laboratory
153(30)
From Sortie Can to Sortie Laboratory
153(4)
European Collaboration
157(1)
Spacelab Development
158(18)
Small Payload Carriers
176(1)
Get Away Specials
177(2)
Hitchhiker Program
179(4)
7 Spacelab Stories
183(32)
"An unqualified success"
183(7)
"The cheapest experiment that has ever gone into space"
190(3)
"The most important scientific mission"
193(9)
"The whole crew was put to the test"
202(4)
"We called it the ignorosphere"
206(5)
"Kind of busy, but very comfortable"
211(4)
8 Space Industries
215(35)
"The prospect of doing something useful for humanity"
215(13)
"I wanted to be part of the action"
228(6)
SPACEHAB versus Spacelab
234(3)
SPACEHAB Missions
237(1)
A Pioneering Initiative: The Industrial Space Facility
238(4)
Ultra-Vacuum: The Wake Shield Facility
242(8)
9 Space Shuttle in Uniform
250(25)
Military Space Shuttle
250(1)
"The mission was pretty vanilla"
251(1)
The Lost Polar Mission
252(8)
"I wasn't such a hot pilot as I thought"
260(1)
"We were tremendous"
260(1)
A Misty Mission
261(3)
Espionage Deception
264(1)
A Milkshake in Space
265(3)
Military Man in Space
268(2)
Honorable Discharge
270(5)
10 Something That Nobody Had Ever Done Before
275(39)
Origins of the Satellite on a Tether
275(3)
Tethered Satellite System 101
278(6)
TSS-1 Experiments and Science Objectives
284(5)
Fundamentals of Space Tethered System Dynamics
289(10)
The Eventful Flight of STS-46/TSS-1
299(9)
STS-75/TSS-1R "This can't be happening again"
308(6)
11 More Power and Time Needed
314(14)
Introduction
314(1)
The Power Extension Package
315(5)
The 25 kW Power Module
320(1)
Extended Duration Orbiter
321(3)
EDO First Flight: STS-50
324(4)
12 Adding New Capabilities
328(12)
Night Operations
328(2)
"The conservative thing to do"
330(5)
"The potential for additional flexibility in the future"
335(2)
Payload Planning and Integration
337(3)
13 The Legacy of the Shuttle Program
340(9)
Introduction
340(1)
The Failures of the Space Shuttle
341(4)
The Achievements of the Space Shuttle
345(3)
Conclusion
348(1)
About the Author 349(1)
References 350(6)
Index 356
Davide Sivolella has a Bachelor and Master degree in Aerospace Engineering earned by studying at Politecnico di Torino (Italy), providing him with a strong technological and engineering background. He has already written TO ORBIT AND BACK AGAIN: How the Space Shuttle Flew in Space which published in the Springer Praxis Space Exploration Series in 2013.

After graduation, he started working in the civil maintenance aviation industry for airliners in UK as a specialist in aircraft structural repairs. He has been working in this role for several years and in this time frame has developed a practical understanding of the maintenance aircraft and airline operations that has added to his knowledge and technical background.

In his spare time he has increased his knowledge about astronautics by reading numerous books and magazines and keeping himself updated with the latest news from the space industry.