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America's Space Shuttle |
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Apollo 13 |
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Apollo 13 Movie 2 hrs 20 min. In addition special features: The making of Apollo 13, Commentary, Trailers, 1 hrs 56 min IMAX Experience Version and
others |
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Blast from the Past -
and many others... |
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Der Flug zum Mond Ohne Jahrgang, ca. 1969. Bildband Nr. 8 aus dem Burda-Verlag. Sonderdruck
der BUNTEN Illustrierten. |
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Gemini 6 and 7 space
rendezvous |
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Heinz Gartmann Außerdem
enthält der Katalog eine Kurzbiographie von Heinz Gartmann. |
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Kosmos für die
Volkswirtschaft |
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Kosmos für die
Wissenschaft |
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La Conquete de l'espace |
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LIFE 1970-04-24 |
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LIFE im Weltraum |
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Man on the Moon |
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Manned Space Stations
Symposium 1960 |
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Mit Apollo zum Mond |
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Mondlandung |
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NASA Astronaut Donald H.
Peterson Peterson, born 1933, is a graduate of the Aerospace Research Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, California, and was one of the third group of astronauts assigned to the USAF Manned Orbiting Laboratory Program. He became a NASA astronaut in September 1969 and served on the astronaut support crew for Apollo 16. Peterson
was a mission specialist on STS-6, which launched from Kennedy Space Center,
Florida, on April 4, 1983. He was accompanied by Mr. Paul J. Weitz
(spacecraft commander), Col. Karol J. Bobko (pilot), and Dr. F. Story
Musgrave (mission specialist). During this maiden voyage of the spacecraft
Challenger, the STS-6 crew conducted numerous experiments in materials
processing, recorded lightning activities, deployed the first Tracking and
Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-A), and activated three Getaway Specials. Peterson
and Musgrave conducted an extravehicular activity (EVA) to test the new suit, the Shuttle airlock,
and new tools and techniques for construction and repair outside a
spacecraft. After 120 hours of orbital operations STS-6 landed on the
concrete runway at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on April 9, 1983.
Peterson resigned from the Astronaut Office in November 1984 and and since that time has worked as a
consultant in the area of manned aerospace operations |
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NASA B747 mit
Spaceshuttle Columbia |
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Race to Space |
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Rocket Boom PayPal billionaire Elon Musk hopes to fill the gap after space shuttle retirement with his Falcon 9, that might be the only manned US spacecraft for some years. Meet Elon Musk and his team, see the hardware and watch how the team of SpaceX struggles to get the first version Falcon 1 into orbit... Also in this Issue: "Now Boarding" - Burt Rutan and Richard Branson want to take you to the edge of space in high style (article by Spencer Reiss) "Big
- Dumb - Slow - How NASA screwed up (and four ways to fix it) by Gregg
Easterbrook |
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To the Moon ...and Back The
article contains Flights original detailed 3D cutaways of the Apollo capsule,
the Saturn V booster and the Lunar Module. |
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Vance Brand
One of the 19 pilot astronauts selected by NASA in April 1966, Brand initially was a crew member in the thermal vacuum chamber testing of the prototype Command Module and support crewman on Apollo 8 and 13. Later he was backup command module pilot for Apollo 15. He was scheduled to fly to the moon on Apollo18, but the mission was cancelled. Brand was backup commander for Skylabs 3 and 4. As an astronaut he held management positions relating to spacecraft development, acquisition, flight safety and mission operations. Brand flew on four space missions; Apollo-Soyuz, STS-5, STS 41-B, and STS-35. He has logged 746 hours in space and has commanded three Shuttle missions. Currently he is Deputy Director for Aerospace Projects at the Dryden Flight Research Center.
Note on the ASTP mission: Even so the NASA history homepage of today writes: "Both spacecraft landed safely and on schedule", the ASTP project nearly ended in tragedy: The crew of the last Apollo spacecraft almost perished while the capsule was descending under its parachute. Vance Brand had to manually deploy the drogue shute due to a failure in the automatic landing sequence. At the same time the reaction control system was still active. The manual deployment of the drogue chutes caused the CM to sway, and the reaction control system thrusters worked vigorously to counteract that motion until it was shut down 30 seconds later. During that 30 seconds, the cabin was flooded with a mixture of toxic unignited propellants from the thrusters. Prior to drogue deployment, the cabin pressure relief valve had opened automatically, and in addition to drawing in fresh air it also brought in unwanted gases being expelled from the roll thrusters located about 0.6 meter from the relief valve. Brand manually deployed the main parachutes at about 2,700 meters despite the gas fumes in the cabin. By
the time of splashdown, the crew was nearly unconscious from the fumes,
Stafford managed to get an oxygen mask over Brand's face. He then began to
come around. When the command module was upright in the water, Stafford
opened the vent valve, and with the in-rush of air the remaining fumes disappeared.
The crew ended up with a two-week hospital stay in Honolulu. |
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Vignette "Dipl.
Ing. Rudolf Nebel" |
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Vignette
"Weltraumfahrt-Ausstellung" |
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Weltraumraketen |
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Wernher von Braun - Mein
Weg zum Mond Eine Dokumentation über das Leben und Wirken Wernher von Brauns. Das Gespräch mit Wernher von Braun führte Prinz Konstantin von Bayern. Regie:
Willy Semmelrogge - Manuskript Ludwig Hillenbrandt. |
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When We Left Earth
*Packaged in spectacular, limited-edition tin. *Original NASA footage digitally remastered in high-definition featuring exclusive ''never before seen'' footage *4
hours of bonus footage not seen in TV broadcast. |
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Aldrin, Buzz (Astronaut, Veteran of
the first moon landing) - Abraham, Ken: Magnificant Desolation The flight of Apollo 11 made Aldrin one of the most famous persons on our planet, yet few people know the rest of this true American hero's story. In Magniflcent Desolation, Aldrin not only gives us a harrowing first-person account of the lunar landing that came within seconds of failure and the ultimate insider's view of life as one of the Superstars of America's space program, he also opens up with remarkable candor about his more personal trials - and eventual triumphs - back on Earth. From the glory of being part of the mission that fulfilled President Kennedy's challenge to reach the moon before the decade was out, Aldrin returned home to an Air Force career stripped of purpose or direction, other than as a public relations tool that NASA put to relentless use in a seemingly nonstop world tour. The twin demons of depression and alcoholism emerged - the first of which Aldrin confronted early and publicly, and the second of which he met with denial until it nearly killed him. He burned through two marriages, his Air Force career came to an inglorious end, and he found himself selling cars for a living - when he wasn't drunkenly wrecking them. Redemption came when he finally embraced sobriety, gained the love of a woman, Lois, who would become the great joy of his life, and dedicated himself to being a tireless advocate for the future of space exploration - not only as a scientific endeavor but also as a thriving commercial enterprise. These
days Buzz Aldrin is enjoying life with an enthusiasm that reminds us how far
it is possible for a person to travel, literally and figuratively. As an
adventure story, a searing memoir of self-destruction and self-renewal, and
as a visionary rallying cry to once again set our course for Mars and beyond,
Magnificent Desolation is the thoroughly human story of a genuine hero. |
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Aldrin, Buzz (Astronaut, Veteran of
the first moon landing) - Barnes, John: The Return |
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Autoren: Ulf Mehrbold, Reinhard
Furrer, Ernst Messerschmid, Wubbo Ockels, Hermann-Michael Hahn (Hrsg.),
Günter Siefarth: D1 Unser Weg ins
All |
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Bärwolf, Adalbert: Brennschluß |
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Bekier, Erwin: In 90 Minuten um die Welt Mit einem Vorwort von Kosmonaut Sigmund Jähn. Reichlich
bebildertes Werk über die Raumfahrtmission der "Sojus 31" mit dem russischen Kosmonauten Waleri
Bykowski und dem ostdeutschen Kosmonauten Sigmund Jähn, dem ersten Deutschen
im All. Der Flug ging 1978 zur russischen Raumstation Saljut 6. |
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Bode, Volkhard - Kaiser, Gerhard: Raketenspuren |
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Boomhower, Ray E.: Gus Grissom After
almost drowning when the hatch malfunctioned on his Mercury flight, Grissom
resurrected his reputation through determination and his careful work with
the space agency’s Gemini program. The Hoosier astronaut made such a mark on
the program that fellow astronauts nicknamed the Gemini spacecraft the
Gusmobile. Grissom continued to be the astronaut NASA turned to when testing
new spacecraft for the Apollo moon program. On January 27, 1967, Grissom,
along with crew members Ed White and Roger Chaffee, died when a fire swept
through their Apollo command module during a supposedly safe test on the
ground at Cape Kennedy’s Launch Complex 34. The astronaut’s story continues
after his death, however, most recently with the discovery and raising of the
Liberty Bell 7 from its resting place on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. |
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Bornemann, Manfred: Geheimprojekt Mittelbau |
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Brauburger, Stefan: Wernher von Braun
Das zeitkritische Portät eines Mannes, der für die Weltraumfahrt eine Seele verkaufte.
Faust,
Mephisto oder Zauberlehrling - Wernher von Braun, der bekannteste Raketenbauer
des 20. Jahrhunderts, hatte viele Gesichter. In Hitlers Vernichtungskrieg
konstruierte der begnadete Techniker »Vergeltungswaffen« - 1969 brachte seine
legendäre »Saturn-V«-Rakete den ersten Menschen auf den Mond. Auch in
Liebesdingen war er sich selbst der Nächste, so fiel seine französische
Geliebte seiner Karriere zum Opfer. Stefan Brauburger zeigt Licht und
Schatten im Leben des genialen Konstrukteurs, der jenseits aller Heroisierung
und Kritik vor allem eines war: ein Verführter und Verführer auf dem
ersehnten Weg ins Weltall. |
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Braun, Wernher von: Project Mars |
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Braun, Wernher von: Start in den Weltraum |
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Braun, Wernher von: Station im Weltraum
["Station im Weltraum" ist eine der wichtigsten Veröffentlichungen Wernher von Brauns. Er beschrieb sein Projekt einer Raumstation mehr als 8 Jahre vor dem ersten bemannten Raumflug, 18 Jahre vor der ersten (kleinen) Raumstation und sein Projekt eines bemannten Raumgleiters mit 35 Tonnen Nutzlast ganze 28 Jahre vor dem ersten Space Shuttle Flug (25 Tonnen Nutzlast). Von Braun sah bereits die Notwendigkeit der Wiederverwendbarkeit in seinem Konzept der Bergung der ersten Stufe seiner Rakete und dem Raumgleiter, sowie viele andere Aspekte der bemannten Raumfahrt, die selbst heute noch nicht alle verwirklicht sind. (Anmerkungen von Antiquariat Lindbergh)]
Dieses Buch ist die beträchtlich erweiterte Fassung einer wissenschaftlichen Artikelreihe, die am 22. März 1952 in Collier's Magazine (The Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, New York) unter dem Titel „Man Will Conquer Space Soon" erschienen ist.
Dieses Buch bringt zum erstenmal dem deutschen Leser einen authentischen Bericht über die wissenschaftlichen Arbeiten und die praktischen Ergebnisse des Raketenflugs jenseits der Erdatmosphäre und der Errichtung einer Station im Weltraum, die als Ausgangspunkt für weitere Forschungen und Flüge zum Mond und zu unseren Nachbarplaneten dienen soll. Die Verfasser der sechs in diesem Band veröffentlichten Aufsätze sind keine Phantasten. Der Autor des wichtigsten Beitrages ist der geniale Raketen-Ingenieur Dr. Wernher von Braun, der ehemalige Leiter der Raketenversuchsanstalt Peenemünde und Mitschöpfer der V2, mit der schon während des zweiten Weltkrieges die Grenze zwischen Atmosphäre und Weltraum überschritten wurde. Er ist seit 1946 in den USA technischer Direktor des Armee-Institutes, das sich mit der Konstruktion ferngelenkter Geschosse beschäftigt. Von Braun und seine Mitarbeiter wissen auf Grund ihrer wissenschaftlichen und experimentellen Vorarbeiten wie eine Station im Weltraum, die in einer Höhe von 1730 km die Erde umkreisen soll, gebaut werden kann. Die Einzelheiten der Konstruktion sowie die technischen, mathematischen, physikalischen, medizinischen und politischen Voraussetzungen werden in diesem Buch wissenschaftlich exakt und zugleich allgemeinverständlich von Dr. von Braun und seinen Mitarbeitern dargestellt. Keine Phantasie, keine Utopie - was das Telefon, das Automobil und das Flugzeug für die Generation unserer Eltern waren, das i s t für uns die Erschließung des interplanetarischen Raumes durch den Raketenflug und die „Station im Weltraum".
DIE MITARBEITER DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN: Der heute führende Raketenforscher. Technischer Direktor der „Army Ordnance Guided Missile Development Group" in Huntsville, USA. Früher technischer Direktor der Raketenversuchsanstalt Peenemünde (V2). DR. JOSEPH KAPLAN: Professor für Physik an der Universität zu Los Angeles. Spezialist für Atmosphärenforschung. DR. HEINZ HABER: Professor für Astrophysik an der Universität zu Los Angeles. Spezialist für die Erforschung der medizinischen Probleme des Aufenthalts in großen Höhen. WILLY LEY: Namhafter wissenschaftlicher Publizist. Verfasser von Büchern über Raketen, ferngesteuerte Geschosse und über die Eroberung des Weltraums. Einer der Gründer des „Vereins für Raumschiffahrt" (1927 in Breslau). OSCAR SCHACHTER: Stellvertretender Direktor der Rechtsabteilung der Vereinten Nationen; anerkannte Autorität für internationales Recht. DR. FRED L.WHIPPLE: Professor für Astronomie an der Harvard-Universität; Entdecker von sechs Kometen; Spezialist für die Erforschung der Meteore. CORNELIUS RYAN: Einer der Herausgeber von „COLLIER'S MAGAZINE". Politischer Publizist. Mitarbeiter an den Büchern: „Star-Spangled Mikado" und „Mac Arthur, Man of Action".
DIE ILLUSTRATOREN CHESLEY BONESTELL: Maler, besonders astronomischer Themen. Bildberater technisch-wissenschaftlicher Filme. FRED FREEMAN: Zeichner. Hervorgetreten als Illustrator eines Buches der amerikanischen Marine: „Submarine Operations of Worid War II". ROLF
KLEP: Technischer Illustrator; Offizier der amerikanischen Marine während des
zweiten Weltkrieges. |
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Braun, Wernher von: The Mars Project
The Mars Project: Text from the front and rear flap of the cover from 1953:
"Here is a book that should explode once and for all the fanciful notion that a small band of hardy daredevils will one day clamber aboard a space ship and take off directly for Mars. Wernher von Braun, who is acknowledged to be one of the foremost rocket engineers in the world, says emphatically that "no such lonesome, extra-orbital thermos bottle will ever escape earth's gravity and drift toward Mars." To make the dream of interplanetary travel a reality will require vast resources of money and materials and the combined effort of the ablest engineers, scientists, mathematicians, physicians (see back of jacket), economists, and diplomats (whose flag is to fly on Mars?). But Dr. von Braun feels that it can be done, and "the logistic requirements for a large, elaborate expedition to Mars are no greater than those for a minor military expedition extending over a limited theater of war." Dr. von Braun here describes how a round trip to Mars might be accomplished. He writes in the kind of sober and technical language that will please those who prefer their literature on space travel unadulterated by speculative whimsy. And there are calculations throughout which he uses to support his claim that such a trip is at least technically possible: take-off weights, accelerations, exhaust velocities, nozzle pressures, landing speeds, and so on. According to Dr. von Braun's calculations, which allow for a stay of 400 days on Mars, the round trip that he describes would take two years and 269 days. The amount of fuel required is equally formidable: 5,320,000 metric tons. It has been suggested that space ships might be atomic-powered, but he argues that it is doubtful that atomic power will be any cheaper than a liquid propellant (hydrazine and nitric acid) for at least twenty-five years. The journey to Mars would proceed in three stages. All equipment, fuel, and personnel, as well as parts for constructing ten space ships, would have to be transported in ferry rockets to a departure point on an orbital path 1075 miles above the surface of the earth. When the ships had been assembled, they would fly to Mars with a crew of seventy by way of an elliptical orbit around the sun. Upon reaching the gravitational field of Mars, they would be "moored" while "landing boats" actually descended to the surface of Mars. Dr. von Braun describes in careful detail each step of the outward voyage and then explains how the ships could be expected to return to the earth. Wernher von Braun is best known for his part in developing the V-2 rockets that haunted England during World War II. The Army brought him to America in 1945 along with many other German scientists under their "Operation Paperclips"; he is now in charge of the Guided Missiles Development Group, Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. The possibility of interplanetary travel has intrigued him ever since his student days at the University of Berlin, where he wrote his Ph.D. thesis on "Theoretical and Experimental Contributions to the Problem of Fluid Powered Rockets." Dr. von Braun is the co-author of
several articles on space travel which have appeared in Colliers, and he is
one of the contributors to SPACE MEDICINE, the book which is described on the
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Braun, Wernher von - Ley, Willy: Die Erforschung des Mars
Klappentext: Gibt es Leben auf dem Mars? Werden wir eines Tages den roten Planeten betreten? Aktueller denn je sind diese Fragen, seit künstliche Satelliten in den Weltraum vordringen. Der Mensch steht erst am Beginn des Fluges in den Weltraum. Wernher von Braun und Willy Ley beweisen in diesem Buch, daß der Flug nach dem Mars mit dem technischen Rüstzeug unserer Zeit tatsächlich möglich ist. 400mal fliegen dreistufige, mehr als 1200 t schwere Transportraketen nach der 1700 Kilometer hohen Satellitenbahn um die Erde, wo die über 3700 t schweren beiden Marsschiffe zusammengesetzt werden. Zwölf Forscher führen sie von dort zum Mars, den sie nach 260 Reisetagen als winzige künstliche Monde umkreisen. Denn für die Landung wird eigens eine große geflügelte Rakete mitgeführt, die 443 Tage später mit wertvollem wissenschaftlichem Material zu den wartenden Raumschiffen zurückkehrt. Während eines der beiden zurückgelassen wird, kehrt das andere mit den zwölf Forschern nach weiteren 260 Tagen zur Erde zurück. 200 Tage dauern die Vorbereitungen, 963 Tage beansprucht die Marsexpedition, 450000t Raketentreibstoff werden verbraucht.
Dieser »Führer nach dem Mars« zeigt, wie man in naher Zukunft zu dem roten Planeten gelangen wird. Voraussetzung zur Durchführung der Marsexpedition ist die große bemannte Station außerhalb der Atmosphäre, die Wernher von Braun schon 1953 in seinem Buch »Station im Weltraum« beschrieb. Die Einzelheiten der Konstruktion sowie die mathematischen, physikalischen, medizinischen und politischen Probleme, die mit diesem kühnen technischen Vorhaben verbunden sind, werden dort wissenschaftlich exakt und zugleich allgemeinverständlich dargestellt. Um der strengen Objektivität willen ist jeder sensationelle Effekt vermieden, wodurch der abenteuerliche Reiz des Unternehmens rein zur Geltung kommt, in diese Reihe authentischer Berichte Wernher von Brauns gehört als drittes das Buch »Die Eroberung des Mondes« von 1955, in dem veranschaulicht durch eindrucksvolle Bilder, die Montage derWeltraumschiffe, Start und Landung sowie die Arbeiten auf dem Mond geschildert werden. Viele Leser dieser Bücher werden dieVerwirklichung der drei gewaltigen Projekte erleben.
Die Autoren: DR. WERNHER VON BRAUN: Der heute führende Raketenforscher. Technischer Direktor der „Army Ordnance Guided Missile Development Group" in Huntsville, USA. Früher technischer Direktor der Raketenversuchsanstalt Peenemünde (V2). WILLY
LEY: Namhafter wissenschaftlicher Publizist. Verfasser von Büchern über
Raketen, ferngesteuerte Geschosse und
über die Eroberung des Weltraums. Einer der Gründer des „Vereins für
Raumschiffahrt" (1927 in Breslau). |
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Braun, Wernher von - Ley, Willy -
Whipple, Fred L.: Die Eroberung des
Mondes |
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Braun, Wernher von (Prof. Dr.): Das Marsprojekt Ein Sonderheft der Zeitschrift "Weltraumfahrt"
"Das Marsprojekt" von 1952 ist der erste von zwei Entwürfen Werner von Brauns für eine bemannte Mission zum Mars aus den 1950er Jahren. (Der zweite "abgespeckte", aber nicht minder spektakuläre Entwurf wurde 1957 unter dem Titel "Die Erforschung des Mars" veröffentlicht.)
"Das Marsprojekt" zeigt von Braun´s Vision für die Zukunft, die ihn bis zu seinem späteren Rückzug aus der NASA in den 1970er Jahren nicht loslassen würde. Noch bevor der erste Mensch ins Weltall flog, berechnete Werner von Braun in diesem Buch Flugbahnen, Gewichte und Besatzungsanforderungen für einen bemannten Flug zum Mars und zurück.
"Das Marsprojekt" ist ein technisches Dokument mit umfangreichen Berechnungen der Startgewichte, Beschleunigungen, Treibstoffverbrauch, Landegeschwindigkeiten, usw. Von Brauns Plan sah einen Aufenthalt von 400 Tagen auf dem Mars vor, die Gesamtdauer der Expedition sollte 2 Jahre und 269 Tage betragen. Allein der Bedarf an Treibstoff wird mit 5.320.000 Tonnen berechnet. Die Reise zum Mars sollte in 3 Phasen vonstatten gehen. Alle Ausrüstung, Treibstoff, das Personal und das Material für den Bau der 10 Raumschiffe sollten erst einmal in eine Erdumlaufbahn gebracht werden. Dort würden dann die 10 Schiffe zusammengebaut und mit einer Besatzung von 70 Mann zum Mars fliegen, wo drei Landungsboote auf dem Mars landen sollten.
Inhalt: Zahlentafeln Quellennachweis Einführung A Zubringerschiffe B Raumschiffe C Landungsboote D Zubringerschiffe und Gesamtaufwand E Triebwerksleistung F
Interplanetarer Funkverkehr |
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Büdeler, Werner: Das Abenteuer der Mondlandung Mit
einem Vorwort von Wernher von Braun, Direktor des George C. Marshall
Spaceflight Center der NASA. |
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Büdeler, Werner: Raumfahrt in Deutschland |
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Büdeler, Werner: SKYLAB |
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Burgess, Colin - Hall, Rex: The First Soviet Cosmonaut Team |
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Carpenter Cooper Glenn Grissom
Schirra Shepard Slayton: Das
Astronautenbuch Dieses Buch wurde von den ersten sieben amerikanischen Astronauten selbst geschrieben. Jeder berichtet über sein persönliches Spezialgebiet beim Projekt "Mercury", dem ersten bemannten Raketenprogramm der USA. Ein Bericht, wie er authentischer nicht sein kann.
Alan B. Shepard landete später auf dem Mond, Grissom starb im Feuer der Apollo 1 Kapsel, und Glenn flog später als Oldie noch einmal im Space Shuttle...
Inhalt: Vorwort zur deutschen Ausgabe Die Sieben - eine Einleitung Vergangenes, von dem man lebt - John H.Glenn Sechs, die das Team füllen Eine Aussicht, unsterblich, zu werden - von Malcolm Scott Carpenter Fliegen ist meine Leidenschaft - Leroy Gordon Cooper Ich bin stolz, dabeizusein - Virgil I. Grissom Ein Polyp zur rechten Zeit - Walter M. Schirra Ein Pionier zu sein - Alan B. Shepard Der Traum eines Testpiloten - Donald K. Slayton Wir ziehen alle am gleichen Strick Ein Job für jeden - Donald K. Slayton [Über die Arbeitsverteilung im Team - Slayton war für die Atlas Rakete zuständig] Ein scharfes Messer - Leroy Gordon Cooper [Cooper arbeitete an der Redstone Rakete und an Themen von rettung und Sicherheit] Spiritistische Sitzungen - Walter M. Schirra [Schirra beschäftigte sich u.a. mit dem Raumanzug] Elf Kilometer Draht und ein Zauberstab - John H. Glenn Unser gemütlicher Kokon - Walter M. Schirra Ein paar großartige Tricks - Malcolm Scott Carpenter Augäpfel 'raus, Augäpfel 'rein Ein Start aus dem Stand - Donald K. Slayton Das Rad - John H. Glenn Die eine Unbekannte - Malcolm Scott Carpenter Die dreidimensionale Wirbelei - Virgil I. Grissom Was macht man, bis das Schiff kommt? - Alan B. Shepard Ein Spannungsstoß zur rechten Zeit erspart viel Ärger - John H. Glenn
[Im folgenden beschreiben die Astronauten ihre ersten Flüge im All]
Der erste Amerikaner - Alan B. Shepard Der Ärger mit der Freiheitsglocke - Virgil I.Grissom [Mit der Freiheitsglocke ist hier die Raumkapsel Grissom's gemeint, die auf den Namen "Liberty Bell 7" getauft war und die ihn beinahe gleich nach der Landung das Leben gekostet hätte. Aus bis heute ungeklärten Gründen war die Luke herausgesprengt worden, bevor die Kapsel durch Bergungshubschrauber gesichert werden konnte. Grissom wäre beinahe ertrunken. Die Kasel konnte erst 38 Jahre später aus den Tiefen des Meeres geborgen werden] Den Drei, die sich bereit machen Ein in allen Einzelheiten festgelegter Plan - John H.Glenn Eine gute Zusammenarbeit - Malcolm Scott Carpenter Eine Kontrollkette rund um die Erde - Alan B. Shepard Der Auftrag - John H. Glenn Die Bestätigung - Malcolm Scott Carpenter Anmerkungen |
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Carpenter, Scott (NASA Astronaut),
Stoever, Kris: For Spacious Skies |
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Carroll, Michael: The Seventh Landing |
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Chaikin, Andrew - Kohl, Victoria: Voices From the Moon |
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Chambers, Dr. Randall M. -
Chambers, Mary Jane: Getting Off
the Planet
This
book is the story of a dedicated man of science, a friend of the astronauts,
and an unsung hero of the space age. Behind every successful space program
there are special people with the dedication of Dr. Randall Chambers. |
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Cobb, Jerrie - Rieker, Jane: Woman into space Dr. W. Randolph Lovelace, II, chairman of NASA's Life Sciences Committee for Project Mercury, reported that Jerrie Cobb's favorable reaction to the tests indicated that women under stress, are able to withstand pain, heat, cold, monotony, and loneliness for longer periods and with less ill effects than men. Requiring less oxygen and food than men, women would also have the advantage of being able to stay in space considerably longer on the same supplies. Subsequent psychopsychiatric and physical stress tests taken by Jerrie Cobb in 1961 and 1962, re-emphasize the fact that women are physically and mentally capable of carrying out space missions. It was Jerrie Cobb's brilliant flying record which prompted NASA to invite her to undergo astronaut testing. Since 1957 Jerrie has established international records for speed, altitude and distance. She has been awarded the Amelia Earhart Gold Medal, the National Pilots' Association Award, and was named Woman of the Year in Aviation for 1959 by the Women's Aeronautic Association. Jerrie
serves as an executive with Aero Commander, Inc., Oklahoma manufacturers of
twin-engine aircraft. |
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Collins, Michael (NASA Astronaut): Carrying the Fire With a Foreword by Charles A. Lindbergh.
In
this book, first published in 1974, Collins writes about his career from a
fighter pilot and experimental test pilot into the NASA astronauts training.
Michael Collins also writes about his Gemini 10 Mission and space walk and
finally about the ride to the moon... |
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Collins, Michael (NASA Astronaut): Liftoff |
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Conrad, Nancy - Klausner, Howard A.:
Rocketman With an introduction by Astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
For Pete Conrad, it was all about the ride. Nicknamed the Comeback Kid, he survived his family's financial hardships, overcame dyslexia, landed a Navy scholarship to Princeton, and became one of the country's elite test pilots. Never the squeaky clean NASA poster boy, he famously bounced himself out of the Mercury Program but came roaring back to fly two Gemini missions, walk on the moon as Commander of Apollo 12, command the first Skylab, and work to develop the first re-usable commercial rocket-logging more time in space than all the original astronauts combined. Based on interviews conducted with Conrad by his wife before his untimely death, Rocketman is the amazing-but-true, surprisingly candid insider's view of the greatest ride in history, America's glorious race to the stars, as seen through the eyes of the real Space Cowboy: Pete
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Cooper, Henry S.F. Jr.: Before Lift-Off With a foreword by Astronaut David C. Leestma.
For eight days in October 1984, seven men and women orbited the Earth on Space Shuttle Mission 41-G. The mission had begun a year earlier, however, with the selection of its crew. Before Lift-off is the extraordinary day-to-day story of these astronauts' training and flight - and is as close as most of us will ever come to flying on the space shuttle. New Yorker writer Henry Cooper obtained unprecedented permission from NASA to follow the 41-G crew from its formation through the completion of its mission. He was even given access to the heart of the training program: the crew's sessions in the shuttle mission simulators. A space mission is flown only once; the simulators are where it must come together. In replicas of the shuttle cockpit, the astronauts rehearse every aspect of the mission while a team of instructors manipulates the "flight conditions" through a bank of computers. Some of this playacting is scripted, some of it impromptu. Both crew and training team run the exercises with a surprising blend of intensity and playfulness as the instructors program all of the "malfs, glitches, anomalies, nits, and bites" that could conceivably come up during the flight. More than a chronicle of different phases in the astronauts' learning process, Before Lift-off tells the story of the bonding of these men and women. It would be Captain Robert Crippen's fourth space flight, his second command in six months, and Sally Ride's second shuttle voyage. For rookies David Leestma, Jon McBride, and Kathy Sullivan, and for two payload specialists, the experience would mark an initiation into the most elite of groups - those people who have ventured into space. Shuttle flights came to an abrupt and tragic halt in January 1986. In retrospect, signs of stress in the program are painfully apparent - the increasing frequency of flights and the resulting schedule problems, the pressure to carry commercial payloads, the tendency to view missions as routine. With the explosion of Challenger an innocence was lost, and the infectious enthusiasm and confidence captured in these pages now seems a thing of the past. But exuberance will one day return to America's space program, Cooper writes, and "the training of 41-G can be looked back upon for insight and inspiration."
HENRY
S. F. COOPER, JR., writes for The New Yorker and has covered the space
program for twenty years. His previous books include Apollo on the Moon, A
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Crossfield, A. Scott (Testpilot) -
Blair, Clay Jr.: Testpilot der X-15 |
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deGroot, Gerard J.: Dark Side of the Moon |
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Dolezal, Erich: Vorstoss in den Weltraum |
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Ducrocq, Albert: Der Mensch im Weltall |
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Elsner, Eckart: Raumfahrt in Stichworten |
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Engel, Rolf (verantwortlich): 3. Stufe |
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Freeman, Marsha: Hin zu neuen Welten |
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Furniss, Tim: Die Mondlandung |
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Gagarin, Juri: Ich war der erste Mensch im Weltall |
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Gartmann, Heinz: Künstliche Satelliten |
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Gartmann, Heinz (Dipl. Ing. -
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Gauthier, Charles - Müller, Peter: Raumfahrt - Das grosse Abenteuer |
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Glenn, John - Taylor, Nick: John Glenn He was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. Nearly four decades later, as the world's oldest astronaut, his courage riveted a nation. But these two historic events only bracket a life that covers the sweep of an extraordinary Century. In this engrossing book, John Glenn tells the story of his unique life - one lived at the center of a momentous time in history by a man who helped shape that history. He is the kind of hero who resists being called a hero. And yet his exploits in the Service of his country, his dedication to family and friends, and his rock-ribbed traditional values have made this small-town boy from the Midwest a true American icon. John Glenn's autobiography spans the seminal events of the twentieth Century. It is a story that begins with his childhood in New Concord, Ohio, in the aftermath of World War I. It was there that he learned the importance of family, Community, and patriotism. Glenn saw firsthand the ravages of the Depression and learned that determination, hard work, and teamwork could overcome any adversity. These were the values he carried with him as a Marine fighter pilot during World War II and into the skies over Korea, for which he would be decorated for his courage, dedication, and sacrifice. Glenn flew missions with men he would never forget, from baseball great Ted Williams to little-known heroes who would never return to their families. Always a gifted flier, it was during the war that he contemplated the unlimited possibilities of aviation and its next frontiers: speed and space. John Glenn takes us into the Cockpits of the experimental planes and spacecraft he flew to experience the pulse-pounding excitement of the early days of Jet aviation, including his record-setting transcontinental flight in an F8U Crusader in 1957, and then on to his selection for the Project Mercury program in 1959. We see the early days of NASA, where he first served as a backup pilot for astronauts Alan Shepard and GUS Grissom and helped refine some of the initial cockpit and control designs for the Apollo program. In 1962 Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first manned Orbital mission of the United States. Then came several years in international business, followed by a twenty-four-year career as a U.S. Senator - and in 1998 a return to space for his remarkable Discovery mission at the age of seventy-seven. This
extraordinary book captures the unique alchemy that brings a man to the
forefront of his time. Married to a woman he first met when they were both
toddlers, known for his integrity, common sense, and leadership in the
Senate, John Glenn tells a story that we must hear. For this narrative of
steadfastness, devotion, courage, and honor is both a great adventure tale
and a source of powerful Inspiration for an age that needs John Glenn's
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Glenn, John (Astronaut) - Taylor,
Nick: John Glenn First Edition. First Printing.
He was the first American astronaut to orbit the Earth. Nearly four decades later, äs the world's oldest astronaut, bis courage riveted a nation. But these two historic events only bracket a life that covers the sweep of an extraordinary Century. In this engrossing book, John Glenn teils the story of his unique life - one lived at the center of a momentous time in history by a man who helped shape that history.
He is the kind of hero who resists being called a hero. And yet his exploits in the Service of his country, his dedication to family and friends, and his rock-ribbed traditional values have made this small-town boy from the Midwest a true American icon. John Glenn's autobiography Spans the seminal events of the twentieth Century. It is a story that begins with his childhood in New Concorcl, Ohio, in the aftermath of World War I. It was there that he learned the importance of family, Community, and patriotism. Glenn saw firsthand the ravages of the Depression and learned that determination, harcl work, and teamwork could overcome any adversity. These were the values he carried with him äs a Marine fighter pilot during World War II and into the skies over Korea, for which he would be decorated for his courage, dedication, and sacrifice. Glenn flew missions with men he would never forget, from baseball great Ted Williams to little-known heroes who would never return to their families. Always a gifted flier, it was during the war that he contemplated the unlimited possibilities of aviation and its next frontiers: speed and space. John
Glenn takes us into the cockpits of the experimental planes and spacecraft he
flew to experience the pulse-pounding excitement of the early days of jet
aviation, including his record-setting transcontinental flight in an F8U
Crusader in 1957, and then on to his selection for the Project Mercury
program in 1959. We see the early days of NASA, where he first served as a
backup pilot for astronauts Alan Shepard and GUS Grissom and helped renne
some of the initial cockpit and control designs for the Apollo program. In
1962 Glenn piloted the Mercury-Atlas 6 Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first
manned orbital mission of the United States. Then came several years in
international business, followed by a twenty-four-year career äs a U.S.
Senator - and in 1998 a return to space for his remarkable Discovery mission
at the age of seventy-seven. |
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Grad, Paul: Space Elevator |
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Hanks, Tom (Executive Producer): From The Earth to The Moon NASA's complete participation in the production lends to its total authenticity, right down to the use of NASA equipment, launch locations, and even spacecraft.
Special Features: 12 episodes remastered in widescreen and two soundtracks: DTS & 5.1 Dolby A Brief History of Famous Astronomers Behind-the-scenes featurette Special effects featurette President John F. Kennedy's historic speech to Congress on May 25, 1961 Out of this Solar System: a glimpse at galaxies, black holes and stars outside our solar system History of the Moon: the origin and evolution of the earth's moon The
Space Race: a timeline of the USA and USSR space programs |
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Hansen, James R.: First Man Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was honored and celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also — as James R. Hansen reveals in this fascinating and important authorized biography — misunderstood. Armstrong's accomplishments as an engineer, a test pilot, and an astronaut have long been a matter of record, but Hansen's unprecedented access to private documents and unpublished sources and his interviews with more than 125 subjects (including more than fifty hours with Armstrong himself) yield this first in-depth analysis of an elusive American celebrity still renowned the world over. In a riveting narrative filled with revelations, Hansen vividly re-creates Armstrong's career in flying, from his seventy-eight combat missions as a naval aviator flying over North Korea to his formative transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to his piloting Gemini VIII to the first-ever docking in space. These milestones made it seem, as Armstrong's mother, Viola, memorably put it, "as if from the very moment he was bom—farther back still—that our son was somehow destined for the Apollo 11 mission." For a pilot who cared more about flying to the Moon than he did about walking on it, Hansen asserts, Armstrong's storied vocation exacted a dear personal toll, paid in kind by his wife and children. For the thirty-six years since the Moon landing, rumors have swirled around Armstrong concerning his dreams of space travel, his religious beliefs, and his private life. In a penetrating exploration of American hero worship, Hansen addresses the complex legacy of the First Man, as an astronaut and as an individual. In First Man, the personal, technological, epic, and iconic blend to form the portrait of a great but reluctant hero who will forever be known as history's most famous space traveler.
James
R. Hansen is a professor of history at Auburn University. A former historian
for NASA, Hansen is the author of eight books on the history of aerospace. He
lives in Auburn, Alabama. |
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Hansen, James R.: First Man Upon his return to Earth, Armstrong was honored and celebrated for his monumental achievement. He was also — as James R. Hansen reveals in this fascinating and important authorized biography — misunderstood. Armstrong's accomplishments as an engineer, a test pilot, and an astronaut have long been a matter of record, but Hansen's unprecedented access to private documents and unpublished sources and his interviews with more than 125 subjects (including more than fifty hours with Armstrong himself) yield this first in-depth analysis of an elusive American celebrity still renowned the world over. In a riveting narrative filled with revelations, Hansen vividly re-creates Armstrong's career in flying, from his seventy-eight combat missions as a naval aviator flying over North Korea to his formative transatmospheric flights in the rocket-powered X-15 to his piloting Gemini VIII to the first-ever docking in space. These milestones made it seem, as Armstrong's mother, Viola, memorably put it, "as if from the very moment he was bom—farther back still—that our son was somehow destined for the Apollo 11 mission." For a pilot who cared more about flying to the Moon than he did about walking on it, Hansen asserts, Armstrong's storied vocation exacted a dear personal toll, paid in kind by his wife and children. For the thirty-six years since the Moon landing, rumors have swirled around Armstrong concerning his dreams of space travel, his religious beliefs, and his private life. In a penetrating exploration of American hero worship, Hansen addresses the complex legacy of the First Man, as an astronaut and as an individual. In First Man, the personal, technological, epic, and iconic blend to form the portrait of a great but reluctant hero who will forever be known as history's most famous space traveler.
James
R. Hansen is a professor of history at Auburn University. A former historian
for NASA, Hansen is the author of eight books on the history of aerospace. He
lives in Auburn, Alabama. |
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Hartl, Hans: Hermann Obert - Vorkämpfer der Weltraumfahrt |
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Henze, Bernd: Hermann Oberth |
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Hohmann, Walter (Dr.-Ing., Essen): Die Erreichbarkeit der Himmelskörper Ein ergänzter Faksimile Nachdruck der 1. Auflage von 1925. Zusätzlich zum Originaltext von 1925 enthält der Band eine mehrseitige Biographie von Walter Homann.
Walter Hohmann untersuchte 1911 - 1915 als erster unter Anwendung der Gesetze der klassischen Himmelsmechanik, wie groß, wie schwer und wie leistungsfähig ein raketengetriebenes Raumschiff sein müßte, um auf sonnenumrundenden Ellipsenbahnen bei geringstem Energieaufwand zu anderen Planeten zu gelangen. Seine Untersuchungen schlossen dabei nicht nur das primäre Problem des Verlassens des Schwerefeldes der Erde ein, sondern auch die delikate Aufgabe des Wiedereintritts in die Erdatmosphäre mit super-orbitalen Rückkehrgeschwindigkeiten. Walter Hohmanns Bahnberechnungen zu Mars und Venus gelten als klassisch. Zur Einsparung von Treibstoffen schlug Hohmann auch erstmals das Prinzip des "Beiboots" vor, wie es rund 45 Jahre später im Apollo-Programm verwirklicht wurde. In der modernen Raumfahrt sind heute die energiegünstigsten Transferbahnen zwischen zwei Umlaufbahnen nach Walter Hohmann benannt, der sie im vorliegenden Buch als erster berechnete. Zu
seiner Erinnerung ist die Essener Sternwarte sowie ein Krater nahe der
Mondrückseite nach Walter Hohmann benannt. |
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Joels, Kerry Mark - Kennedy,
Gregory P. - Larkin, David (Design): The Space Shuttle Operator’s Manual This
book is exceptional as it describes basic shuttle procedures together with
some system knowledge. All the cockpit panels ar reproduced in high quality
on fold-out plates. So - if you missed flying the real thing - here you can
be close to it. And if you just want to build the space shuttle cockpit for
the flightsimulator, here ist the information you need... |
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Kaiser, Hans K.: Der künstliche Mond Zukunftsroman nach den Ideen von Wernher von Braun für eine bemannte Raumstation in der Erdumlaufbahn.
Kaiser
gehörte zum engeren Kreis der deutschen Raumfahrtenthusiasten. Er war bereits
für den "Verein für Raumschiffahrt" tätig, 1935 gründete er die
GfW, während des Kriegs arbeitete er in Peenemünde. Nach 1945 gründete er die
"Nordwestdeutsche Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung". |
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Kaiser, Hans K.: Im Banne des roten Planeten
Kaiser
gehört zum engeren Kreis der deutschen Raumfahrtenthusiasten. Er war bereits
für den "Verein für Raumschiffahrt" tätig, 1935 gründete er die
GfW, während des Kriegs arbeitete er in Peenemünde. Nach 1945 gründete er die
"Nordwestdeutsche Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung". |
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Kluger, Jeffrey (also co-author of
"Apollo 13"): The Apollo
Adventure |
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Kraft, Chris (The First NASA Flight
Director): Flight |
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Kraft, Chris (The First NASA Flight
Director): Flight |
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Linehan, Dan: SpaceShipOne Foreword by Sir Arthur C. Clarke. This
book chronicles the development of the world's first commercial manned space
program. With ample illustrations, photographs, and behind-the-scenes
information, SpaceShipOne takes readers from the project's conception and
design to the deals that brought together Scaled Composites' Burt Rutan and
Virgin Airlines' Sir Richard Branson to the plans for building a fleet of
commercial suborbital spaceships and launch aircraft. Author Dan Linehan, who
was there at the launch, lets readers in on the drama and details behind the
making of spaceships that will take twenty-first-century tourists to the
final frontier. |
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Linenger, Jerry M. (U.S. Astronaut
and MIR Cosmonaut): Off The Planet |
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Lotass, Lotta: Dritte Fluggeschwindigkeit "Erreicht ein Raumschiff die dritte Fluggeschwindigkeit von ungefähr 17 km / Sekunde oder gut 60 000 km / Stunde, kann es das Sonnensystem verlassen und weiterfliegen zu anderen Welten." Vom
sowjetischen »Kosmodrom« Baikanur startet 1961 die erste bemannte Raumkapsel
ins All. An Bord: Juri Gagarin, Held Nr. 11.175 der Sowjetunion. Einfühlsam
und sehr poetisch verknüpft Lotta Lotass Mythen und Fakten zu einem Roman
über den großen Pionier der Raumfahrt. Sie erzählt von seiner Kindheit in der
Kälte Sibiriens, von der Besessenheit des jungen Kosmonauten, von den
Sehnsüchten und Träumen, von Schrecken und Angst des Auserwählten. Aber auch
die Männer an Gagarins Seite läßt Lotass zur Sprache kommen und schafft auf diese
Weise eine vielstimmige Erzählung über Triumphe, Niederlagen und menschliche
Tragödien. Dritte Fluggeschwindigkeit ist ein fesselnder Roman über den
Beginn der Raumfahrt, über Entdeckungsreisende, die in ihrer Sehnsucht nach
der Erforschung anderer Welten an ihre Grenzen stoßen. |
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Lovell, Jim (NASA Astronaut and
Commander of Apollo 13) - Kluger, Jeffrey: Lost Moon Jim
Lovel, his lunar module pilot Fred Haise and Command module pilot Jack
Swigert survived on a very narrow margin after an oxygen tank exploded
enroute to the moon. The successful movie "Apollo 13" was based on
this book. |
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Lovell, Jim / Kluger, Jeffrey: Apollo 13 |
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MacDonald, Gordon (Editor): It's Wrong to Wish on Space Hardware |
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Mellow, Craig: Go Ballistic
Also
in this issue: "Going Up?" - The hopes of space elevator proponents
rise higher than their hardware. |
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Merk, Otto: Raumfahrt Report |
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Metzler, Rudolf: Der große Augenblick in der Weltraumfahrt |
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Metzler, Rudolf: Hallo Erde |
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Metzler, Rudolf: Loews Weltraum-Lexikon |
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Metzler, Rudolf: Stationen im All |
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Mielke, Heinz: Lexikon der Raumfahrt |
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Mielke, Heinz: Lexikon der Raumfahrt |
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Mindell, David A.: Digital Apollo
In Digital Apollo, engineer-historian David Mindell takes this famous moment as a starting point for an exploration of the relationship between humans and computers in the Apollo program. In each of the six Apollo landings, the astronaut in command seized control from the computer and landed with his hand on the stick. Mindell recounts the story of astronauts' desire to control their spacecraft in parallel with the history of the Apollo Guidance Computer. From the early days of aviation through the birth of spaceflight, test pilots and astronauts sought to be more than "spam in a can" despite the automatic controls, digital computers, and software developed by engineers. Digital Apollo examines the design and execution of each of the six Apollo moon landings, drawing on transcripts and data telemetry from the flights, astronaut interviews, and NASA's extensive archives.
Mindell's
exploration of how human pilots and automated systems worked together to
achieve the ultimate in flight--a lunar landing--traces and reframes the
debate over the future of humans and automation in space. The results have
implications for any venture in which human roles seem threatened by
automated systems, whether it is the work at our desktops or the future of
exploration. |
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Montgomery, Scott - Gaffney,
Timothy R. (both of teh Pulitzer Price-winning Dayton Daily News^): Back in Orbit |
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Moore, Patrick: Mondflug Atlas |
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Mullane, Mike (NASA Astronaut): Riding Rockets USAF Colonel Mike Mullane was a member of this astronaut class, and Riding Rockets is his-story - told with a candor never before seen in an astronaut's memoir. Mullane strips the heroic veneer from the astronaut corps and paints them as they are - human. His tales of arrested development among military flyboys working with feminist pioneers and post-doc scientists are sometimes bawdy, often hilarious, and always entertaining. Mullane vividly portrays every aspect of the astronaut experience—from telling a female technician which urinecollection condom size is a fit; to walking along a Florida beach in a last, tearful goodbye with a spouse; to a wild, intoxicating, terrifying ride into space; to hearing "Taps" played over a friend's grave. Mullane is brutally honest in his criticism of a NASA leadership whose bungling would precipitate the Challenger disaster. Riding Rockets is a story of life in all
its fateful uncertainty, of the impact of a family tragedy on a nine-year-old
boy, of the revelatory effect of a machine called Sputnik, and of the
life-steering powers of lust, love, and marriage. It is a story of the human experience that
will resonate long after the call of
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Nebel, Rudolf: Die Narren von Tegel Der erste Raketenflugplatz der Welt war in Berlin - nicht in Florida oder Sibirien. 1930 wurde er von dem deutschen Raketenpionier Rudolf Nebel im Berliner Stadtteil Tegel gründet - 28 Jahre vor dem Start der ersten künstlichen Erdsatelliten. Zeitungen nannten damals die Männer um Nebel, zu denen auch Wernher von Braun gehörte, »Narren«. Doch ihre erfolgreichen Starts der ersten Flüssigkeitsraketen schufen zusammen mit den beiden Raketenpatenten Nebels die Grundlage für den Bau der V2 und die Weltraumraketen. Rudolf Nebel, der Mann der Stunde Null in der Eroberung des Alls, schildert in diesem Buch die Geschichte einer Utopie, die Wirklichkeit geworden ist. Es ist zugleich seine Geschichte. Der heute in Düsseldorf lebende 78 jährige Diplom-Ingenieur flog bereits vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg mit einem selbstgebauten Flugzeug, erfand als erfolgreicher Jagdflieger des Ersten Weltkriegs und Staffelkamerad Görings die nach ihm benannten »Nebelwerfer«. Von den Nationalsozialisten, die ihn zweimal einsperren ließen, wurde er von weiteren Forschungsarbeiten ausgeschlossen. Doch der Bau der 1-Liter-Flüssigkeitsrakete und seine später von den Sowjets beschlagnahmten Modelle und Pläne sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Geschichte der Raumfahrt geworden. In
über 3500 Vorträgen hat Nebel seit 1950 vor allem junge Menschen von der Idee
der Weltraumfahrt begeistert und über die weiteren Möglichkeiten des Menschen
im All informiert. |
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Nebel, Rudolf (Dipl.-Ingenieur,
Leiter des Raketenflugplatzes Berlin-Reinickendorf): Raketenflug
Rudolf Nebel (1894 - 1978) war Raketenkonstrukteur. Er war
1927 an der Gründung des Vereins für Raumschiffahrt in Breslau beteiligt und
baute 1929 zusammen mit Hermann Oberth die erste Flüssigkeitsrakete. 1930
gründete Rudolf Nebel den Raketenflugplatz in Berlin-Reinickendorf, wo er
unter anderem mit Klaus Riedel, Kurt Heinisch und Wernher von Braun wichtige
Grundlagen der Raketentechnik erarbeitete. |
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Nolen, Stephanie: Promised the Moon |
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Oberg, James: They're Coming to Bring You Safely Back to Earth. Maybe |
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Oberth, Hermann: Das Mondauto Ein wichtiges Werk von Hermann Oberth, der auch an der Realisierung der V2 Rakete beteiligt war. Mit einem Vorwort von Heinz Gartmann. In diesem wissenschaftlichen Werk stellt Hermann Oberth mit detailierten Plänen und Berechnungen den spektakulären Entwurf seines Mondautos vor. Mit einer Höhe von 18,50 Metern optisch ein Monstrum und seinbar unstabil, wird dieses Fahrzeug mit einem großen Kreisel stabilisiert. Es kann nicht nur fahren (bis zu 150 km/h), sondern auch große und weite Sprünge mit bis zu 125 Metern Höhe machen. Oberth schildert die Probleme der Fahrzeugführung für die Besatzung und die vielen technischen Einrichtungen. Im
Erscheinungsjahr dieses Buches (1959) sieht Oberth, einer der wichtigsten
Weltraumpioniere seiner Zeit, die erste bemannte Mondlandung in etwa 10 bis
20 Jahren voraus. Tatsächlich landeten die ersten Menschen zwischen 1969 und
1972, also genau im vorausgesagten Zeitraum, auf dem Mond und nahmen bei den
späteren Missionen ein "einfacheres" und vor allem leichteres
Mondauto mit. |
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Pelt, Michel van: Space Tethers and Space Elevators
Probably the most exciting tether concept is the space elevator, consisting of an incredibly strong long cable that stretches from the Earth’s surface into space. Solar powered "climber" machines, which are already under development, could use such a cable to haul cargo into orbit. The author also describes how space tethers can change the orbit of satellites, by effectively moving their center of gravity through the deployment of long cables. Tethers rotating at high speed can be used to accelerate or slow down spacecraft that briefly latch to them. In principle, such "momentum exchange" tethers can be used to fly a space probe from low Earth orbit all the way into orbit around Mars, without the need for rocket propulsion. A tether can also provide scientific information on the magnetosphere of the planet it’s orbiting.
Michel
van Pelt explains the principle of space tethers: what they are and how they
can be used in space. He introduces non-technical space enthusiasts to the
various possibilities of space tethers, the technological challenges, the
potential benefits and their feasibility. He illustrates how, because of
their inherent simplicity, space tethers have the potential to make space
travel much cheaper, while ongoing advances in tether material technology may
make even seemingly far-fetched ideas a reality in the not too distant
future. |
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Pfaffe, Herbert - Stache, Peter: Raumflugkörper |
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Pichler, Dr. Herbert J.: Die Mondlandung |
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Riley, Christopher - Dolling,
Philip: Apollo 11 1969 (Including Saturn V, CM-107, SM-107, LM-5)
Owners' Workshop Manual |
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Ruland, Bernd - Braun, Wernher von:
Wernher von Braun - Mein Leben für
die Raumfahrt |
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Ruland, Bernd - Raguse, Günter: Original-Dokumente vom Weg zum Mond
Sprecher: Leo Bardischewski Rolf Illig Horst Siebecke Produktion: Günther Vorwergk Ton: Egon Gravenhorst
Einblendungen aus Original-Tondokumenten Seite 1 Kommandant Neil Armstrong auf dem Mond am 21. 7.1969 um 3 Uhr 56' 20" MEZ Präsident Nixons telefonischer Glückwunsch (I.Teil) am 21.7. 1969 Präsident Nixons telefonischer Glückwunsch (2. Teil) Count-down und Start von Apollo 11 am 16. 7.1969 um 14 Uhr 32 MEZ Schaltkommandos auf dem Weg zum Mond (16.7.1969) Tondokumente während Fernsehaufnahmen von der Landefähre zum Raumschiff Kommandos beim Abstieg der Landefähre auf die Mondoberfläche Erfahrungsaustausch der Astronauten auf der Mondoberfläche mit der Bodenkontrollstation in Houston Neu Armstrong dankt Präsident Nixon für dessen Glückwünsche Interview mit Wernher von Braun (1. Teil) Interview mit Wernher von Braun (2. Teil)
Seite 2 Funksignale von »Sputnik l« (7.10.1957) Signale von »Sputnik II« (3. 11. 1957) Signal von »Explorer l« (1. 2. 1958) Signale von: »Explorer l« (1. 2. 1958) »Sputnik III« (15.5. 1958) »Sputnik IV« (16. 5. 1960) »Echo l« (14. 8.1960) Originaltöne von »Lunik l« (2. 1.1959) Wernher von Braun - Ausschnitt aus seiner Rede in der Paulskirche zu Frankfurt/Main am 6.9. 1959 Tass-Meldung in russischer Sprache vom Start des Raumschiffes »Wostok l« (12. 4. 1961) Major Jurij Gagarin - Empfang auf dem Moskauer Flughafen Originalton von der »Mercury«-Kapsel (5.5.1961) John F. Kennedys Rede vor dem amerikanischen Abgeordnetenhaus (25.5.1961) Originalton vom Raumschiff »Wostok II« (6.8.1961) Originalton von der »Mercury 6«-Kapsel (20.2.1962) Original-Meldung von Radio Moskau vom Start des Raumschiffes »Woschod l« (12.10.1964) Chruschtschow spricht mit den Astronauten Breschnjew begrüßt die zurückgekehrten Astronauten Originaltonaufnahmen von der »Apollo 8«-Kapsel (Dezember 1968) Originaltonaufnahmen von der »Apollo 10«-Kapsel (Mai 1969) Interview
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Sarigul-Kijn, Marti (Test Pilot): I survived the Rotary Rocket Also in this issue - "The plane with no name" the F-111 - Shuttle Launch Windows -
Masters of the V-12 "Merlin" |
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Schirra, Wally: Schirra’s Space |
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Schütte, Karl: Die Weltraumfahrt hat begonnen |
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Scott, David (Astronaut) - Leonov, Alexei (Cosmonaut): Two Sides of the Moon
Growing up on either side of the Iron Curtain, David Scott and Alexei Leonov experienced very different childhoods but shared the same dream to fly.
Excelling in every area of mental and physical agility, Scott and Leonov became elite fighter pilots and were chosen by their countries' burgeoning space programs to take part in the greatest technological race ever-to land a man on the moon.
In this unique dual autobiography, astronaut Scott and cosmonaut Leonov recount their exceptional lives and careers spent on the cutting edge of science and space exploration. With each mission fraught with perilous risks, and each space program touched by tragedy, these parallel tales of adventure and heroism read like a modern-day thriller. Cutting fast between their differing recollections, this book reveals, in a very personal way, the drama of one of the most ambitious contests ever embarked on by man, set against the conflict that once held the world in suspense: the clash between Russian communism and Western democracy.
Before training to be the USSR's first man on the moon, Leonov became the first man to walk in space. It was a feat that won him a place in history but almost cost him his life. A year later, in 1966, Gemini 8, with David Scott and Neil Armstrong aboard, tumbled out of control across space. Surviving against dramatic odds-a split-second decision by pilot Armstrong saved their lives-they both went on to fly their own lunar missions: Armstrong to command Apollo 11 and become the first man to walk on the moon, and Scott to perform an EVA during the Apollo 9 mission and command the most complex expedition in the history of exploration, Apollo 15. Spending three days on the moon, Scott became the seventh man to walk on its breathtaking surface.
Marking a new age of USA/USSR cooperation, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project brought Scott and Leonov together, finally ending the Cold War silence and building a friendship that would last for decades.
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courage, passion for exploration, and determination to push themselves to the
limit emerge in these memoirs not only through their triumphs but also
through their perseverance in times of extraordinary difficulty and danger. |
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Shelton, William R.: Man's Conquest of Space With
a Foreword by James E. Webb, Administrator, NASA. |
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Shepard, Alan - Slayton, Deke (two
of the "original seven" NASA Astronauts): Moon Shot |
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Smith, Andrew: Moondust Between
1969 and 1972, 12 men traveled a quarter-million miles to the moon and
returned safely. In this powerful, intimate story, journalist Smith sets out
to find these men and discover how that experience changed their lives.
Smith, a boy living in a nondescript California subdivision at the time of
the Apollo missions and caught up in the endless possibility of space flight,
journeys to the halls of power in Washington, D.C., and the backwoods of
Texas in search of these mythical figures of American know-how. He finds Neil
Armstrong, the first man on the Moon, still cool and confident, a plainspoken
man who never let on how close that mission came to disaster. In Gene Cernan,
the last man on the Moon, he finds an imperious, driven, highly successful
businessman. If all of the men share one affliction, it's fame. Once at the
center of the world's attention, these mostly ordinary men with some
extraordinary gifts and luck have lived their lives being asked the same
question—What was it like "up there"? In an artful blend of memoir
and popular history, Smith makes flesh-and-blood people out of icons and
reveals the tenderness of his own heart. |
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Sparks, James C. [Major U.S. Air
Force, Ret.]: Winged Rocketry
This fascinating book retraces the history of rocket planes from the first crude version fired by coolies in ancient China, on to the secret German space bombers and fighters of World War II and to the great barrier-breaking rocket planes,of the United States. It then projects into spacecraft of the future, which, combining new aero and astronautical techniques, will be capable of piloted flight into and back from orbit, for global travel, the transportation of cargo, and defense. Major Sparks has been closely associated with aeronautics and astronautics throughout his Air Force career. He has flown over four thousand hours with the Strategic Air Command and the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service. He flew thirty-five missions over Germany with the Eighth Air Force and served as Public Affairs Officer during the manned space flights of Projects Mercury and Gemini. He is the author of "Rescue from the Air and in Space".
Contents: 1 Man is Wing-borne 2 The Dawn of a New Era 3 The Fighter That Could Have Changed the War 4 Natter (Viper) - the One-Way Airplane 5 Bombing North America from Space [this chapter contains a description of Wernher von Braun's A9/A10 intercontinental missile design from the 1940ies and a detailed and rare description of Eugen Sänger skip-reentry design of a spaceraft capable of bombing New York. Included are many original illustrations from Eugen Sänger's original study on the subject] 6 Kamikaze - Suicide on Wings 7 Crossing the New Frontier 8 The Thermal Thicket 9 The X-15 and the Space Barrier 10 Waning Wings 11 "Flying to and from Space" Index |
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Sullivan, Scott P.: Virtual Apollo Also
inside: "The Launch Escape System Boost Protective Cover". This
book is an extraordinary piece of work. Computer animated 3-D colored
engineering drawings of the spacecraft and it's system like this had not been
available at the time of manufacture of this spacecraft... |
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Swenson, Loyd S. - Grimwood, James
M. - Alexander, Charles C.: This
New Ocean NASA Publication NASA SP-4201
Contents Preface Part One – Research (Charles C. Alexander) I The Lure, The Lock, The Key (To 1958) II Exploring the Human Factor (1948-1958) Ill Aeronautics To Astronautics: NACA Research (1952-1957) IV From NACA to NASA (November 1957-September 1958) Part Two – Development (Loyd S. Swenson, Jr.) V Specifications for a Manned Satellite (October-December 1958) VI From Design into Development (January-June 1959) VII Man-Rating the Machines (July-December 1959). VIII Machine-Rating the Men (January-June 1960). . IX From Development into Qualification : Flight Tests (July-December 1960) X Tests Versus Time in the Race for Space (January-April 961) Part Three – Operations (James M. Grimwood) XI Suborbital Flights into Space XII Final Rehearsals XIII Mercury Mission Accomplished XIV Climax Of Project Mercury Epilogue Footnotes, Sources and Bibliography, Appendixes, and Index Footnotes. Note on Sources and Selected Bibliography Appendix A - Functional Organization of Project Mercury Appendix B - Workflow Organization of Project Mercury Appendix C - Organization Charts Appendix D - Flight Data Summary Appendix E - Personnel Growth Appendix F - Project Mercury Cost Summaries Appendix G - Project Mercury Tracking Net Index |
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Thompson, Neal: Light This Candle "The
15-minute Freedom 7 flight in 1961 made astronaut Alan Shepard America's first
man in space and its first hero of the space age. Later he made history by
playing golf on the moon during the Apollo 14 mission. But journalist
Thompson reveals another side of this all-American navy pilot with the right
stuff. Although married for more than 50 years, Shepard had an eye for the
prettiest girl in a room. Even longtime colleagues found him a hard man to
get to know. The "Icy Commander" could be charming and helpful one
minute, steely-eyed and "reaming them out" the next. Thompson
traces Shepard's life from a New Hampshire childhood, when he was captivated
with flying, to a lackluster career at Annapolis, where he frequently bent
the rules, then his goal of becoming a jet pilot. Thompson shines a light on
the very private Shepard's career between his Mercury and Apollo days, when
he was earthbound by Menière's disease, which affected his equilibrium. In
retirement, Shepard amazed everyone (except probably his devoted wife,
Louise) by energetically embracing philanthropic causes before succumbing to
leukemia at age 74. Thompson doesn't reveal much that die-hard space junkies
don't already know about Shepard's often contentious relationship with his
Mercury 7 colleagues, especially John Glenn, but his is a snappily written,
factual counterbalance to Tom Wolfe's sometimes poetic renderings of the
heroes of the early space program. Space buffs and baby boomers who remember
Shepard's gravity-escaping flight should snap it up. 16 pages of b&w
photos not seen by PW." |
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Ward, Bob: Wernher von Braun Wernher v. Braun begegnen wir hier auf seinem Lebensweg durch sechs Jahrzehnte nicht nur als dem bedeutenden Wissenschaftler und Organisator, zu dem er geworden ist, sondern als einem Menschen wie du und ich in Episoden und für ihn typischen Begebenheiten, in eigenen Äußerungen und ganz privat beim Hobby oder im Familienkreis. Wer
möchte nicht von ihm, dem Genie und seinem genialen Werk fasziniert werden!
Hier wird der Leser von einem neuen, gültigen und liebenswerten Bild Wernher
v. Brauns bezaubert. |
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Wendt, Guenther (NASA pad leader) -
Still Russell: The Unbroken Chain |
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White, Frank: Der Overview Effekt |
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White, Robin: Robert "Hoot" Gibson Also in this issue: - Is It Safe? - The first company with a plan - and a rocket - to send humans to orbit answers the existential question - Restauration: Beech Staggerwing - Shoulder to Shoulder - The Grumman A-6 - Zoom Shot - How the helicopter changed TV news -
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Wolfe, Tom: Die Helden der Nation Die
Helden der Nation sind die "sieben Ersten", die "sieben
Wunderbaren", ja die "sieben Heiligen", wie sie Presse und
Öffentlichkeit nannte. Mit ihnen, den sieben Mercury Astronauten, begann die
bemannte Raumfahrt in den USA. |
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Wolfe, Tom: The Right Stuff "After an opening chapter on the terror of being a test pilot's wife, the story cuts back to the late 1940s, when Americans were first attempting to break the sound barrier. Test pilots, we discover, are people who live fast lives with dangerous machines, not all of them airborne. Chuck Yeager was certainly among the fastest, and his determination to push through Mach 1--a feat that some had predicted would cause the destruction of any aircraft-- makes him the book's guiding spirit. Yet
soon the focus shifts to the seven initial astronauts. Wolfe traces Alan
Shepard's suborbital flight and Gus Grissom's embarrassing panic on the high
seas (making the controversial claim that Grissom flooded his Liberty capsule
by blowing the escape hatch too soon). The author also produces an admiring
portrait of John Glenn's apple-pie heroism and selfless dedication. By the
time Wolfe concludes with a return to Yeager and his late-career exploits,
the narrative's epic proportions and literary merits are secure. Certainly
The Right Stuff is the best, the funniest, and the most vivid book ever
written about America's manned space program. |
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Woods, W. David: How Apollo flew to the Moon |
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Young, Anthony: The Saturn V F-1 Engine |
