Spacecraft Technology: The Early YearsInstitution of Engineering and Technology, 23 փտվ, 2006 թ. - 388 էջ Spacecraft Technology: The early years charts the fascinating story of the early Space Age, encompassing the launch of the first satellites and the landing of men on the Moon. While concentrating on the most significant technology developments, it places them in the context of historical events, specific missions and the individuals that made it all happen. |
Բովանդակություն
Highway to space the development of the space launch vehicle | 39 |
Looking at space the development of the space science satellite | 83 |
Looking at Earth the development of the Earth observation satellite | 125 |
Հեղինակային իրավունք | |
8 այլ բաժինները չեն ցուցադրվում
Այլ խմբագրություններ - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aircraft altitude American antenna Apollo 11 Apollo lunar module Apollo programme astronauts atmosphere batteries Boeing camera capable capsule carried communications satellite components crew early Earth orbit electrical electronic engine equipment Figure flight Gemini geostationary orbit IAF Congress ibid images later launch vehicle launcher London low Earth orbit Luna lunar module lunar orbit Lunar Roving Vehicle lunar surface Mark Williamson mass Mercury Mercury-Redstone missile mission Moon NASA NASA's Nimbus October operational Ordway panels payload Project Mercury propellant propulsion radiation radio Ranger Redstone reliability rocket rocketry satellite communications satellite's Saturn sensors service module signal solar cells Soviet Union Space Age space exploration space programme Space Race space technology Space Travel spacecraft spaceflight spin-stabilised Sputnik stage subsystem Syncom tank telemetry telescope Telstar thermal thrusters Tiros tonnes transmitted TRW Space Tsiolkovsky unmanned USSR Vostok weather satellites wheels