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The Race: The Uncensored Story of How America Beat Russia to the Moon

The Race: The Uncensored Story of How America Beat Russia to the Moon

Schefter, James
First Edition

The messy and glorious saga of the golden years of the American space program, told in never-before-revealed detail by a man who was there.
In 1963, a young reporter named Jim Schefter was given a dream Job: cover America's race to the moon. Since the astronauts were under contract to Life, Schefter's employer, for their stories, he was given unparalleled access to the lives of all the players at NASA. Of course, for PR reasons he could not write a fraction of what he saw then. Now, at last, he can teil it all.
As incredible äs the "official" story of the space program is, the true, behind-the-scenes tale is more thrilling, entertaining, and ultimately, more ennobling. There were vicious battles between the German (often ex-Nazi) rocket pioneers and the younger American engineers; feuds and practical jokes; astronauts whose private lives were consid-erably more colorful than has been portrayed; many near-fatal accidents other than Apollo 13; political chicanery from the Kremlin and the White House; and dozens of smart, brave, larger-than-life individuals pulling off the greatest exploration in the history of humankind.
No one could teil this story äs fully and äs well äs Jim Schefter. Given füll access to NASA archives

and the personal papers of many of the partici-pants, both Russian and American, trusted by the astronauts and mission Controllers who want the real story passed on to history, Schefter brings to life a more innocent, heroic era in all its bravado and complexity. From drunken astronaut escapades and groupies to near disasters and ferocious politi-cal Infighting, the race to the moon was anything but the smooth journey of populär Imagination.

Hardcover with dust jacket
303 Seiten / pages
photos
good condition, with an name sticker of the previous owner, pencil markings in text
New york - london - Sydney - Toronto - Auckland - 1999 - Doubleday
Art.Nr. 25847

4,00 EUR

The Return

Aldrin, Buzz (Astronaut, Veteran of the first moon landing) - Barnes, John
"Reunited with award-winning SF writer Barnes (Encounter with Tiber), Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, imagines a near future when the space program is in the hands of competing private corporations. In association with ShareSpace, headed by ex-astronaut CEO Scott Blackstone, NASA is offering privileged civilians the opportunity to ride as "Citizen Observers" on space shuttle missions. The third such celebrity in space, basketball legend MJ (Michael James), has scarcely reached orbit when he and a crew member are killed in what appears to be a bizarre accident. Culminating in an emergency crash landing on Easter Island, this tragedy puts the future of the entire space program in jeopardy. Overnight, Blackstone becomes the scapegoat and--sued by MJ's mother for over $1 billion--is fired. When, mysteriously, Blackstone finds that no lawyer will take his case, his brother, Nick, v-p of rocket builder Republic Wright, revives the childhood bond of the Mars Four (Nick; Scott; Scott's ex-wife, celebrity attorney Thalia, mother of their 10-year-old son; and Eddie Killeret, Nick's counterpart at rival Curtiss Aerospace)--and persuades Thalia to represent Scott. Despite anonymous threats, the case turns in their favor when the media focus on the explosion of a Pakistani proton bomb that turns the entire ionosphere into a super Van Allen belt, knocking out all existing satellites. Enter an enigmatic figure from a secret agency tying everything to a Chinese conspiracy. After three of the Mars Four go into space on a mission to rescue the crew of a disabled space station, fade to sunset as they reunite at the beach cottage of their youth."

Paperback
340 Seiten / pages
very good condition
New York - 2000 - Tor Book
Art.Nr. 6698

16,00 EUR

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

Wolfe, Tom
All about the Mercury Astronauts…

It's a quality beyond macho. Beyond bravery. Cool courage! It's men like Chuck Yeager, fastest man on earth; Pete Conrad who laughed himself out of the running; Gus Grissom who almost lost it when bis capsule sank.. .And John Glenn, the only space traveler whose apple-pie image wasnt a lie.

Softcover
371 Seiten / pages
good condition
Toronto - New York - London - Sydney - 1980 - Bantam Books
Art.Nr. 477

8,00 EUR

The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History

The Saturn V F-1 Engine: Powering Apollo into History

Young, Anthony
The book focuses on the design, testing and manufacture of the F-1 engine, but also covers its incorporation into the first stage of the Saturn V and in-flight record. It concludes with an examination of what might have been, if the F-1 had not been discarded, together with the Saturn V, at the conclusion of the Apollo program. The account draws on original documents and interviews with engineers and managers, and is illustrated by many never-before-published photographs, both colour and monochrome. The intention is for this to be the definitive account of the development of this most powerful of rocket engines. As NASA is developing an evolved version of the hydrogen-burning J-2 engine for use in the forthcoming Ares launch vehicles, the author includes development of the J-2 engine within the context of the Saturn V development, thus bringing rocket engine development up to the present and thus provide this book with a long shelf life.

Softcover
266 Seiten / pages
many photos and illustrations
excellent condition, new book
Chichester, UK - 2009 - Springer - Praxis Publishing
Art.Nr. 19807

64,00 EUR

The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programs

The Secret of Apollo: Systems Management in American and European Space Programs

Johnson, Stephen B.
First Edition. First Printing.

How does one go about organizing something as complicated as a strategic-missile or space-exploration program? Stephen B. Johnson here explores the answer - Systems Management - in a groundbreaking study that involves Air Force planners, scientists, technical specialists, and, eventually, bureaucrats. Taking a comparative approach, Johnson focuses on the theory or intellectual history of "Systems engineering" as such, its origins in the air force's Cold War ICBM efforts, and its migration to not only NASA but the European Space Agency.
Exploring the history and politics of aero-space development and weapons procurement, Johnson examines how scientists and engineers created the systems management process to coordinate large-scale technology development, and how managers and military officers gained control of that process. "Those funding the race demanded results," Johnson explains. "In response, developrnent organizations created what few expected and what even fewer wanted - a bureaucracy for innovation. To begin to understand this apparent contradiction in terms, we must first understand the exacting nature of space technologies and the concerns of those who create them."
STEPHEN B. JOHNSON
is an associate professor of space studies at the University of North Dakota.

hardcover with dust jacket
290 Seiten / pages
some photos
excellent condition, with a namesticker of the previous owner
Baltimore - London - 2002 - The Johns Hopkins University Press
Art.Nr. 25503

22,00 EUR

The Seventh Landing: Going Back to the Moon, This Time to Stay

The Seventh Landing: Going Back to the Moon, This Time to Stay

Carroll, Michael

Hardcover, large format
174 Seiten / pages
many illustrations
very good condition, new book
New York - 2009 - Springer Science+Business Media
Art.Nr. 10127

36,00 EUR

The Shuttle Era: What it Means for the Future

The Shuttle Era: What it Means for the Future

Complete issue of the "Aviation Week & Space Technology" magazine from December 6, 2010 with 20 pages dedicated to the Space Shuttle. Includes a Pilot Report by Astronaut Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson "How to Fly a Space Shuttle Rendevous and Docking".

Magazine
color photos
very good condition
New York - 2010 - Mc Graw Hill
Art.Nr. 12120

5,00 EUR

The Society of Space: a daring look into what the Ages of Space will mean to man's life, love, government, and art

The Society of Space: a daring look into what the Ages of Space will mean to man's life, love, government, and art

Ritner, Peter
First Edition - First Printing

Hardcover with dust jacket
144 Seiten / pages
good condition
New York - 1961 - The MacMillian Company
Art.Nr. 17273

14,00 EUR

The Space Shuttle Decision 1965 - 1972: History of the Space Shuttle Volume 1

The Space Shuttle Decision 1965 - 1972: History of the Space Shuttle Volume 1

Heppenheimer, T. A.
First Edition.

Basing his work on virtually untapped NASA archives, T. A. Heppenheimer has produced the first two volumes of a definitive three-volume history of the space shuttle. In this first volume, Heppenheimer looks back at the shuttle's technical antecedents such as the X-15 rocket plane and rocket booster technologies, and illuminates the principal personalities involved in the space shuttle decision and their motivations. He traces NASA's evolving program goals, the technical calculations, political maneuvering, and fiscal constraints, and explains the myriad designs that preceded the shuttle concept. In closing, he looks in detail at the circumstances leading to the politically charged development decision of 1972.

Softcover
470 Seiten / pages
photos and technical drawings
very good condition, with a name label of the previous owner
Washington - London - 2002 - Smithsonian Institution Press
Art.Nr. 25281

32,00 EUR

The Space Shuttle Operator’s Manual

The Space Shuttle Operator’s Manual

Joels, Kerry Mark - Kennedy, Gregory P. - Larkin, David (Design)
rare book
Revised Edition, the first edition was from 1982.

"The book that puts you in the cockpit - Your step-by-step guide to flying the space shuttle"
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…

Softcover, large and heavy format
ca. 150 Seiten / pages
many illustrations and fold-out panels
very good condition, with a name stamp of a previous owner
New York - 1988 - Ballantine Books
Art.Nr. 19041

45,00 EUR

The Story of the Space Shuttle

The Story of the Space Shuttle

Harland, David M.
First Edition
Springer-Praxis Books in Astronomy and Space Sciences

The US Space Shuttle, which entered service in 1981, was conceived as a reusable spacecraft providing cheap access to Iow Earth orbit, and to supersede expendable launch vehicles. In spite of the Challenger and Columbia disasters, it is arguably the most successful spacecraft ever developed.
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, and the missions are discussed in this context. Missions to Mir, Hubble and, more recently, the Shuttle's role in the assembly of the International Space Station are described, as are the the activities leading to the resumption of operations following the loss of Columbia. The book concludes with a look at possible future concepts for a partly or totally reusable space vehicle to replace the Shuttle.
With The Story of the Space Shuttle, David Harland provides the definitive work about this amazing project.

Softcover
444 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition, with a name label of the previous owner
Berlin - Heidelberg - New York - London - 2004 - Springer Verlag - Praxis Publishing UK
Art.Nr. 25278

32,00 EUR

The Voyages of Columbia: The First True Spaceship

The Voyages of Columbia: The First True Spaceship

Lewis, Richard S.
A few minutes past 10:00 A.M., Tuesday, April 14,1981. Columbia has begun its 37th orbit of the Earth, an orbit that will end at Edwards Air Force Base in southern California. Sighs at Houston, cheers at Edwards: Columbia was coming home. At Edwards, crowds surge up to a mile-long security rope strung along the hot, dry lake bed. Suddenly, Columbia appears over the lake like some enormous bird coming home to roost. A clamor rises as the big glider flares and settles down on the runway. Columbia rolls toastop. It is10:20: 52 A.M., PST and a new era has begun. The world's first true spaceship - a reusable craft that will travel into space again and again - has proved a success.
This lavishly illustrated volume by one of America's foremost science writers presents the whole story of America's Space Shuttle program, from early designs and planning to the four successful orbital test flights and the first five operational missions. Filled with the facts and intriguing details that have made America's space programs such an awesome and exciting venture, the book offers every reader a gripping description of one of the great chapters in human history.
Richard S. Lewis opens his journalistic account of the evolution of the first true spaceship by tracing the engineering develop-ment of the shuttle in depth, starting with its initial concept äs a fully reusable, space-adapted airplane. He then describes how budgetary and political considerations led to the current Version, a partly reusable, rocket-boosted glider.
Lewis explains how NASA officials and engineers came to realize that the develop-ment of the space shuttle would be the most complex and challenging technical problem of the space age. Several chapters teil of the frustrating technical setbacks encountered, and the triumphant breakthroughs that gradually brought Columbia to life. The reader is then treated to an inside look at the exciting days of the shuttle test flights, äs well äs operational flights by Columbia and by Challenger, the second shuttle craft.
Endlessly fascinating, The Voyages of Columbia records, äs no other book has, the dramatic birth of a new era in space exploration. It is a time which, thanks to its technological breakthroughs, promises rieh benefits for all mankind äs we approach the twenty-first Century.

Hardcover with dust jacket, large format
223 Seiten / pages
photos
good condition, with a name sticker of the previous owner
New York - 1984 - Columbia University Press
Art.Nr. 25741

12,00 EUR

They're Coming to Bring You Safely Back to Earth. Maybe

They're Coming to Bring You Safely Back to Earth. Maybe

Oberg, James
Complete issue of the "Air & Space" magazine November 2003 with an article on inflatable recovery systems for reentry.

Magazine
many photos
very good condition
Washington D.C. - 2003 - Smithsonian Institution
Art.Nr. 4390

4,00 EUR

Thiokol Corporation - Aerospace Facts Spring 1981

Thiokol Corporation - Aerospace Facts Spring 1981

With an Interview with the STS-1 Crew John Joung & Robert Crippen

Softcover, large format
22 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition, with a name label of the previous owner
1981 - Thiokol Corporation
Art.Nr. 25608

10,00 EUR

To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles

To Reach the High Frontier: A History of U.S. Launch Vehicles

Launius, Roger D. - Jenkins, Dennis R. (both editors)
First Edition - First Printing

Access —no single word better describes the primary concern of the exploration and development of space. Every participant in space activities - civil, military, scientific, or commercial - needs affordable, reliable, frequent, and flexible access to space. To Reach the High Frontier details the histories of the various launch vehicles developed in the United States since the birth of the space age in 1957. Even with four decades of public and private effort, access to space remains problematic.The core of the U.S.'s present launch capability, the Atlas,Titan, and Delta launchers, though much evolved, originated as military ballistic missiles in the 1950s. In fact, all U.S. launchers, including NASA's Saturn and Space Shuttle Systems, have involved significant government input, äs well as the efforts of private contractors. The technical challenge of reaching space with chemical rockets, the high costs associated with space launch, the long lead times necessary for scheduling flights, and the poor reliability of the rockets themselves show launch vehicles to be the space program's most difficult challenge.
This book presents case studies in the history of all the major rockets built by the United States. Each study has been written by a specialist knowledgeable about the vehicle described and places each system in the larger context of the history of space flight. To Reach the High Frontier promises to aid in the effort to resolve the launch vehicle problem, offering a comprehensive history and analysis of rocket development and suggesting remarkable new directions for future efforts.

Hardcover with dust jacket
519 Seiten / pages
photos and illustrations
excellent condition, with a namesticker of the previous owner
Lexington, Kentucky - 2002 - The University Press of Kentucky
Art.Nr. 25501

38,00 EUR

To Rise from Earth: An Easy-To-Understand Guide to Space Flight

To Rise from Earth: An Easy-To-Understand Guide to Space Flight

Lee, Wayne (Space Mission Design Engineer, NASA Jet Propulsion Observatory)
Second edition in full color

Journey through space and time with To Rise From Earth, Second Edition and explore the history and technology of spaceflight, presented in breathtaking full-color photographs and illustrations, detailed charts and diagrams, and easy-to-under-stand text. Without using a single mathematical formula or complicated scientific jargon, this book explains the functions and roles of satellites, the forces and masses fueling rocket science, the logistics of launching a shuttle into space, and much, much more. From Atlantis to Endeavor, Sputnik to Galileo, and the Hubble Space Telescope to the International Space Station, To Rise From Earth, Second Edition examines the bodies that grace the heavens, and the men and women who have labored to send both machines and humans into space.
In seven highly readable and carefully organized chapters, To Rise From Earth, Second Edition
• provides an introduction to orbits and rockets by explaining their different types and functions;
• discusses orbital mechanics in detail - without using math;
explores how space maneuvers are performed, including how spacecraft can rendezvous or capture disabled craft and satellites;
recounts the cold war race to the Moon, beginning with the efforts of Robert Goddard and Wernher von Braun, through the early successes of the Soviet space program and Sputnik;
• explains how space shuttles are processed for flight, how they operate, and the different missions that astronauts fly;
• explores each planet in the Solar System äs well äs asteroids, comets, and the Sun, detailing the neces-sary Steps NASA takes to journey to these distant places; and
looks ahead to the future of space travel, including the International Space Station and future travel to Mars.
Thoroughly updated with new sections on reusable launch vehicles and the International Space Station, and a completely revised chapter on Mars exploration, To Rise From Earth, Second Edition conveys the drama, ingenuity, and sheer determination that have marked humankind's ascent to the final frontier.
Wayne Lee is a mission planner at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, where he designs scenarios and orbital trajectories for robotic missions to Mars. He started with the Mars Global Surveyor project in 1994 and is now working on his fifth mission to the Red Planet. Previously, he served as an instructor at NASA's Kennedy Space Center and has also been an instructor at the University of California.

Softcover, large format
318 Seiten / pages
many full-color photographs and illustrations
very good condition, with an name sticker of the previous owner
New York - 2000 - Checkmark Books
Art.Nr. 25840

22,00 EUR

Träumer, Forscher, Konstrukteure: Das Abenteuer der Weltraumfahrt

Träumer, Forscher, Konstrukteure: Das Abenteuer der Weltraumfahrt

Gartmann, Heinz
Interessante Beschreibung der Aktivitäten von u.a. Konstantin E. Zilokowski, Robert H. Goddard, Hermann Oberth, Eugen Sänger, Wernher von Braun.

Neu bearbeitet von Werner Büdeler.

Dipl.-Ing. Heinz Gartmann (12.12. 1917 bis 7.8. 1960), geboren in Dessau, verschrieb sich schon in seiner Jugend der Raketenflug-technik. Er studierte 1937 bis 1941 an der TH Berlin-Charlottenburg Flugmotorenbau, war seit 1941 Raketen-Versuchsingenieur, dann Gruppen- und Abteilungsleiter bei BMW und später Baumusterbearbeiter in der Raketenentwicklung. Seit 1950 war er Herausgeber der Fachzeitschrift »Weltraumfahrt« in Frankfurt am Main. Seine schriftstellerische Tätigkeit war auf eigenem Können und Erleben begründet, von großer Sachkenntnis getragen - der Raketenflugtechnik und der Astronautik gewidmet.
Als bekannter Mitarbeiter der Zeitschriften Astronautica Acta, Chemische Industrie, Interavia, Physikalische Blätter, Umschau, Universitas u. a., durch verschiedene Bücher und Vorträge in den wissenschaftlichen Sendereihen der vier großen deutschen Rundfunkgesellschaften, hat er wesentlich zur Verbreitung der Kenntnisse über die Probleme der Raketentechnik und des Weltraumfluges beigetragen. Er war führendes Mitglied der Gesellschaft für Weltraumforschung und Mitglied der Wissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft für Luftfahrt, ferner Fellow der British Interplanetary Society (England) und Mitglied der Dansk Interplanetarisk Selskap (Dänemark), Detroit Rocket Society (USA), Pacific Rocket Society (USA), Svenska Interplane-tariska Sällskapet (Schweden).
Gartmann gehörte zu den international anerkannten Publizisten seines Fachgebietes. Seine schriftstellerischen Arbeiten sind als besonders anschaulich und zuverlässig bekannt.

Leinen mit Schutzumschlag
348 Seiten / pages
viele Abbildungen
gut erhaltenes Bibliotheksexemplar
Frankfurt am Main - 1962 - Büchergilde Gutenberg
Art.Nr. 24051

5,00 EUR

Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race

Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race

Leonov, Alexei (Cosmonaut) - Scott, David (Astronaut) - with Christine Toomey
Growing up on either side of the Iron Curtain, Alexei Leonov and David Scott shared the same dream - to become a pilot. Excelling at flying, they were chosen by their countries' burgeoning space programmes to be part of the greatest technological race ever - to land a man on the moon. Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first man to walk in space. He won a place in history, but almost lost his life. In 1966, David Scott and Neil Armstrong were seconds away from dying as Gemini 8 spun violently out of control across space. Both men survived against dramatic odds and Scott went on to command the most complex expedition in the history of space exploration, Apollo 15. When the US and USSR space programmes were eventually brought together in the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, Scott and Leonov finally met. The project marked the end of the Cold War silence and started a friendship that would last for decades.

Softcover
415 Seiten / pages
photos
very good condition
London - Sydney - New York - Toronto - 2005 - Pocket Books - a division of Simon & Schuster Inc.
Art.Nr. 19345

22,00 EUR

U.S. Human Spaceflight: A Record of Achievement, 1961-1998

U.S. Human Spaceflight: A Record of Achievement, 1961-1998

Monograph in Aerospace History #9

Softcover, large format
63 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition, with a name label of the previous owner
Washington D.C. - 1998 - NASA, National Aeronautics and Space Administration - History Division
Art.Nr. 25466

18,00 EUR

U.S. Space Gear: Outfitting the Astronaut

U.S. Space Gear: Outfitting the Astronaut

Kozloski, Lillian D.
From the earliest days of flight, design of comfortable yet protective flight clothing has proved almost as great a challenge as the creation of airplanes and spacecraft. With more than 150 illustartions, this volume shows how researchers and designers culled life-saving ideas from sources both expected and obscure: Deep sea divers' equipment, pressurised inner tubes, tomato worms, and medieval armor... The man on the books cover is Mercury Astronaut Gordon Cooper wearing a MA-9 suit.

Hardcover with dust jacket, large format
238 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition, with an name sticker of the previous owner
Shrewsbury, England - 1994 - Airlife Publishing
Art.Nr. 25612

32,00 EUR

Virtual Apollo: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules

Virtual Apollo: A Pictorial Essay of the Engineering and Construction of the Apollo Command and Service Modules

Sullivan, Scott P.
Rare book.
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…

In fiction, spaceships are either flying "saucers" or large, sleek aerodynamic bullets. In the real world, humanity's first true spacecraft was a conventional cylinder, barely large enough to accommodate three astronauts. The Command and Service modules made up the Apollo spacecraft - an integration of more than 3 million precision components, comprising the most intricate machine ever created by mankind. Each Apollo spacecraft was an amazing amalgamation of state-of-the-art high technology and hand worked craftsmanship.
During each Apollo mission attention was focused on the astronauts, with their marvelous spacecraft impinging on the public's awareness only at take-off and splashdown. But during all the days of each mission the Apollo Command and Service Modules performed faithfully and almost flawlessly, 24 hours a day, keeping three men alive and comfortable, maintaining Communications, and monitoring themselves, äs well äs the astronauts, the Earth and the Moon.
With this book, for the first time the public can become acquainted with the Apollo spacecraft in detail and learn the story of its design and construction. Füll color renderings in exacting detail provide an array of views of the Command and Service Modules complete with details of construction and fabrication.
The Apollo spacecraft is the most intricate and exacting machine ever built, and it had to be äs near to perfect äs it could be made, every time. With over 3 million components, a performance record of 99.9% would still leave 3,000 parts that could fail - any one of which might result in the deaths of the crew. With the exception of Apollo 13, the spacecraft liyed up to expectations on every lunar mission, and even Apollo 13, after a major explosion, managed to circle the Moon and bring its crew home safely.
Virtual Apollo is a book long overdue; the care and completeness with which it has been created speak for themselves. Thanks to the dedication and hard work that have gone into this book, we can now truly appreciate the magnificent machine that was the Apollo spacecraft and marvel at the achievements of the many thousands of engineers and technicians who stayed on Earth but were on the mission every step of the way.

Softcover
128 Seiten / pages
hundreds of color 3-D drawings
very good condition, with a name sticker of the previous owner
Burlington, Canada - 2002 - Apogee Books
Art.Nr. 25493

34,00 EUR

Von Apollo zur ISS - Eine Geschichte der Raumfahrt: Aus meinem Weltraumjournal

Von Apollo zur ISS - Eine Geschichte der Raumfahrt: Aus meinem Weltraumjournal

Puttkamer, Jesco von
Erstausgabe

Im bevorstehenden dritten Jahrtausend wird der Mensch den Weltraum kolonisieren - einerseits zur Gewinnung neuen Lebensraums, andererseits zur Ermöglichung weiteren Lebens auf Erden. Ihren Anfang nimmt diese Entwicklung mit dem Bau der internationalen Raumstation ISS. Sie gibt diesem Buch den Anlass, die faszinierende Welt der Raumfahrt in voller Breite zu über spannen und zu erklären:
- ISS - wegbegleitende Einblicke in den Bau der Station
- Kosmologie - neuestes Wissen über das Unversum
- Industrialisierung des Weltraums - Raumfahrttechnologien verbessern die Lebensqualität
- Raumfahrtprogramme - Starts, Triumphe und Niederlagen - Hubble-Teleskop - Entdeckungen jenseits unserer Vorstellungskraft
- Raumfähre Spaceshuttle - Bilanz nach über hundert Missionen
- Zukunft im All - intelligente Roboter als Wegbegleiter
- Alltag bei der NASA - Blicke hinter die Kulissen
- Raumfahrt in Moskau und Baikonur - Eindrücke eines NASA-Dauergasts in Russland und Kasachstan

Leinen mit Schutzumschlag
431 Seiten / pages
Mit 101 meist farbigen Fotos
sehr gut erhalten
München - 2001 - Herbig Verlagsbuchhandlung
Art.Nr. 22037

18,00 EUR

Vorstoss ins All

Vorstoss ins All

Clarke, Arthur C.
Deutsche Ausgabe von "The Exploration of Space" (London)

Inhalt
Vorwort
1. Träume und ihre Verwirklichung
2. Die Erde und ihre Nachbarn
3. Die Rakete
4. Die „Flucht" von der Erde
5. Die Wege zu den Planeten
6. Das Raumschiff
7. Die Reise zum Mond
8. Die Navigation und die Nachrichtenübermittelung
9. Das Leben im Raumschiff
10. Der Mond
11. Die Mondbasis
12. Die inneren Planeten
13. Die äußeren Planeten
14. Die Erforschung der Planeten
15. Außenstationen
16. Andere Sonnen
17. Zu den Sternen
18. Aussichten und Ziele
Sachregister

Leinen mit Goldprägung
211 Seiten / pages
mit 15 Textzeichnungen, 8 Schwarzweißtafeln und 4 Farbtafeln
gut erhalten
Stuttgart - 1953 - Kosmos - Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde - Franckh’sche Verlagshandlung
Art.Nr. 23372

32,00 EUR

Vorstoss ins All: Mein Raumflug mit dem Space Shuttle

Vorstoss ins All: Mein Raumflug mit dem Space Shuttle

Allen, Joseph P. (NASA Astronaut) - Russel, Martin
Am 11. November 1982 unternahm der Astronaut Joseph P. Allen seinen ersten Weltraumflug als Besatzungsmitglied beim fünften Start der Raumfähre Columbia. Das Buch ist dem amerikanischen Weltraumprogramm generell und Allens Raumflug im besonderen gewidmet.

Leinen mit Schutzumschlag, Großformat
223 Seiten / pages
200 phantastische Farbaufnahmen
neuwertig
Basel - Boston - Stuttgart - 1984 - Birkhäuser Verlag
Art.Nr. 514

22,00 EUR

We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race

We Have Capture: Tom Stafford and the Space Race

Stafford, Thomas P. - Cassutt, Michael
What an amazing career. Tom Stafford attained the highest speed ever reached by a test pilot (28,547 mph), carried a cosmonaut’s coffin with Soviet Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, led the team that designed the sequence of missions leading to the original lunar landing, and drafted the original specifications for the B-2 stealth bomber on a piece of hotel stationery. But his crowning achievement was surely his role as America’s unofficial space ambassador to the Soviet Union during the darkest days of the Cold War.

In this lively memoir written with Michael Cassutt, Stafford begins by recounting his early successes as a test pilot, Gemini and Apollo astronaut, and USAF general. As President Nixon's stand-in at the 1971 Soviet funeral for three cosmonauts, he opened the door to the possibility of cooperation in space between Russians and Americans. Stafford's Apollo-Soyuz team was the first group of Americans to work at the cosmonaut training center, and also the first to visit Baikonur, the top-secret Soviet launch center, in 1974. His 17 July 1975 “handshake in space” with Soviet commander Alexei Leonov (who became a lifelong friend) proved to the world that the two opposing countries could indeed work successfully together.

Stafford has continued in this leadership role right up to the present, participating in designing and evaluating the Space Shuttle, Mir, and the International Space Station. He is truly an American hero who personifies the broadest spirit of exploration and cooperation.

Hardcover with dust jacket
288 Seiten / pages
photos
very good condition, with a dedication to the previous owner and a name plate
Washington - London - 2002 - Smithsonian Institution Press
Art.Nr. 25643

14,00 EUR

Weltraum ABC

Gartmann, Heinz (Dipl. Ing. - Herausgeber)
Erstausgabe. Ca. 1958.

aus dem Vorwort: ...das Material zu diesem Buch ist von Forschern aller Nationen im Laufe vieler Jahrzehnte erarbeitet worden. ..Aber die Erschließung des Weltraums durch Satelliten und Raumfahrzeuge wäre kaum mehr als ein begrenztes Abenteuer im Raum jenseits der Atmosphäre, würden wir nicht danach trachten, den Weltraum mit seinen vielfältigen Erscheinungen und Rätseln als Ganzes zu verstehen. In diesem Sinne wurde das Weltraum-ABC zusammengestellt...

Leinen
232 Seiten / pages
einige Abbildungen
gut erhalten
Düsseldorf - 1958 - Econ Verlag
Art.Nr. 1961

6,00 EUR

Weltraum ABC

Gartmann, Heinz (Dipl. Ing. - Herausgeber)
Erstausgabe. Ca. 1958.

aus dem Vorwort: ...das Material zu diesem Buch ist von Forschern aller Nationen im Laufe vieler Jahrzehnte erarbeitet worden. ..Aber die Erschließung des Weltraums durch Satelliten und Raumfahrzeuge wäre kaum mehr als ein begrenztes Abenteuer im Raum jenseits der Atmosphäre, würden wir nicht danach trachten, den Weltraum mit seinen vielfältigen Erscheinungen und Rätseln als Ganzes zu verstehen. In diesem Sinne wurde das Weltraum-ABC zusammengestellt...

Leinen
232 Seiten / pages
einige Abbildungen
gut erhalten
Düsseldorf - 1958 - Econ Verlag
Art.Nr. 4032

6,00 EUR

Weltraum aktuell 1996/97: Neues aus Astronomie und Raumfahrt

Weltraum aktuell 1996/97: Neues aus Astronomie und Raumfahrt

Fischer, Daniel - Zimmer, Harro (Herausgeber)
Brennpunkte der Weltraumforschung -
der erste Jahresbericht über neueste Entdeckungen, Entwicklungen und Perspektiven in Astronomie und Raumfahrt.
Dazu gehören:
- die neuen Flüge zum Mars
- die Mission NEAR zum kleinen Planeten Eros
- die Suche nach Planeten fremder Sonnen
- eine erste Bilanz des Galileo-Programms zum Jupiter
und vieles mehr.
Eine Chronik in Text und Bild, Zahlen, Daten, Fakten, Zusammenhängen und Kommentaren. Für alle, die wissen wollen, was die Experten am Himmel treiben.

Softcover
160 Seiten / pages
Mit 46 zum Teil farbigen Abbildungen
sehr gut erhalten, wie neu
Stuttgart - 1996 - Franckh-Kosmos Verlag
Art.Nr. 22888

6,00 EUR

Weltraum aktuell 1997/98: Neues aus Astronomie und Raumfahrt

Weltraum aktuell 1997/98: Neues aus Astronomie und Raumfahrt

Fischer, Daniel - Zimmer, Harro (Herausgeber)
Der neue Jahresbericht aus Astronomie und Weltraumforschung:
- GALILEO - Das Jupitersystem neu gesehen
- Eis auf dem Mond - Amerikas Rückkehr zum Erdtrabanten
- HIPPARCOS - Das Universum wird vermessen
- 40 Jahre Raumfahrt - eine Bilanz
- CASSINI - Aufbruch zum Saturn
Im Brennpunkt: Der Mars
Texte, Bilder, Zahlen, Daten, Fakten, Hintergrundinformationen und Kommentare zu den neuesten Entdeckungen, Forschungsergebnissen, Entwicklungen und Perspektiven.

Softcover
160 Seiten / pages
Mit 79 zum Teil farbigen Abbildungen
sehr gut erhalten
Stuttgart - 1997 - Franckh-Kosmos Verlag
Art.Nr. 22376

6,00 EUR

Weltraum aktuell 1998/99: Neues aus Astronomie und Raumfahrt

Weltraum aktuell 1998/99: Neues aus Astronomie und Raumfahrt

Fischer, Daniel - Zimmer, Harro (Herausgeber)
Der neue Jahresbericht über Entdeckungen und Rätsel, Entwicklungen und Perspektiven aus Astronomie und Raumfahrt. Unter anderem:
- Blitze vom Rand des Kosmos?
- Deutschland im Mondschatten
- Eis auf dem Mond?
- Die Zukunft des Universums - die ewige Expansion
- Lehren aus der Pathfinder-Mission und neue Marsunternehmungen
Zahlen, Daten, Fakten, spannende Texte und Bilder, Zusammenhänge und Kommentare. Für alle, die wissen wollen, was die Experten am Himmel treiben.

Softcover
160 Seiten / pages
Mit 25 Farb- und 53 s/w Abbildungen
sehr gut erhalten
Stuttgart - 1998 - Franckh-Kosmos Verlag
Art.Nr. 22375

6,00 EUR

Weltraumforschung an der Universität Bonn

Weltraumforschung an der Universität Bonn

Softcover
127 Seiten / pages
gut erhalten
Bonn - 1991 - Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität
Art.Nr. 20150

3,00 EUR

Weltraumforschung und Raketenflugtechnik, ihre Bedeutung für die europäische Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft: Vortrag, gehalten am 2.4.1965 in Düsseldorf vor den Beiräten von Rheinland und Westfalen der Dresdner Bank AG

Weltraumforschung und Raketenflugtechnik, ihre Bedeutung für die europäische Wissenschaft und Wirtschaft: Vortrag, gehalten am 2.4.1965 in Düsseldorf vor den Beiräten von Rheinland und Westfalen der Dresdner Bank AG

Bock, G. (Prof. Dr. Ing.)

Softcover, Großformat
47 Seiten / pages
Fotos
gut erhalten
Düsseldorf - 1995 - Dresdner Bank AG
Art.Nr. 21176

9,00 EUR

Weltraumstürmer: Wernher von Braun und der Wettlauf zum Mond

Weltraumstürmer: Wernher von Braun und der Wettlauf zum Mond

Kulke, Ulli
Erstausgabe

Das Wettrennen zum Mond zwischen den USA und der Sowjetunion ist das spannendste Abenteuer, das die Geschichte der Technik zu bieten hat. Es lief fast die gesamten 1960er-Jahre hindurch. Abwechselnd lagen die Kontrahenten vorn, und bis kurz vor der ersten Mondlandung war noch nicht endgültig geklärt, wer als Erster ankommen würde.
Der Mann, der den Amerikanern die Raketen für ihren letztendlichen Sieg baute, hieß Wernher von Braun. Seine These: »Alles, von dem sich der Mensch eine Vorstellung machen kann, ist machbar.« Er war der mit Abstand bekannteste - aber auch umstrittenste - Kopf jener vielen Dutzend deutscher Ingenieure, die auf beiden Seiten hinter dem Mondprogramm standen. Im Krieg hatten sie Hitlers »Wunderwaffe« V2 entwickelt.
Packend schildert Ulli Kulke die Rolle Wernher von Brauns und seiner russischen Gegenspieler. Für die Sowjetunion war das Ganze geheime Kommandosache, viele ihrer Manöver, Bluffs und Tricks kommen erst seit den letzten Jahren ans Licht.

gebundene Ausgabe mit Schutzumschlag
288 Seiten / pages
Fotos
sehr gut erhalten, wie neu
Berlin - 2012 - Quadriga Verlag
Art.Nr. 22431

24,00 EUR

Weltraumtechnik für die Umwelt: Umweltsatelliten, Weltraumenergien, Katastrophenschutz, Klima, Wetter, Marsökologie, Künstliche Sonnen, Soziale Umwelt

Weltraumtechnik für die Umwelt: Umweltsatelliten, Weltraumenergien, Katastrophenschutz, Klima, Wetter, Marsökologie, Künstliche Sonnen, Soziale Umwelt

Barth, Hans
Erstausgabe

Leinen mit Schutzumschlag
360 Seiten / pages
mit 56 Abbildungen
sehr gut erhalten
Esslingen - München - 1997 - Bechtle Verlag
Art.Nr. 21644

5,00 EUR

Wernher von Braun: Ein unglaubliches Leben

Wernher von Braun: Ein unglaubliches Leben

Bergaust, Erik
Deutsche Erstausgabe des 1975 erschienenen Werks: "Incredible von Braun".

Leinen
637 Seiten / pages
Fotos
sehr gut erhaltenes Exemplar
Düsseldorf - Wien - 1976 - Econ Verlag
Art.Nr. 1000

22,00 EUR

Will Space Tourists Finally Get a Ride: The spaceport is ready, and Sir Richard is about to become an astronaut

Will Space Tourists Finally Get a Ride: The spaceport is ready, and Sir Richard is about to become an astronaut

Complete issue of the "Air & Space" magazine January 2020 with a eight page story about Virgin Galactic and the Spaceport America.

Content:
Will Space Tour ist s Finally Get a Ride?
The tickets are sold, the spaceport is ready, and Sir Richard is about to become an astronaut.
BY J0E PAPPALARDO
An Airport that Looks like America's Skies
Everything flies at Camarillo.
BY DAVID FREED / PHOTOGRAPHS BY CAROLINE SHEEN
Into the Future at 6,000 MPH
Once we invent missiles that are powered by scramjets, can airliners be far behind?
BY JON KELVEY
Voyager Endures
Forty-plus years on, scientists still listen to what the twin Voyager spacecraft have to say.
BY MARK STRAUSS
Airplane of the Year
Why a Waco named "Betsy" has been loved and handed on for 88 years.
BY LINDA SHINER / PHOTOGRAPHS BY MOOSE PETERSON
How Many Airmen Does It Take to Fix a C-5's Fiat?
Hundreds will be grateful to the engineers who figured out a better way-to change 28 tires.
BY MARK STRAUSS
XXL
After the Ilya Murometz flew, the quest for giant bombers began.
BY JOHN FLEISCHMAN
Aviation Journalists Accused As Spies
The first proof of the power of aerial photography came in 1914 over the Panama Canal.
BY ROY MIZE
I Was There:
The Air Force Academy's F-105
DEPARTMENTS
Viewport
Letters
Up to Speed
I Was There
At the Museum
Sightings
Reviews
Previews
Contributors
Ideas That Defy

Magazine
many photos
very good condition
Washington D.C. - 2020 - Smithsonian Institution
Art.Nr. 19915

4,00 EUR

Wissenschaftliche Ziele der deutschen Spacelab Mission D1

Wissenschaftliche Ziele der deutschen Spacelab Mission D1

Sahm, P.R. (Prof. Dr.-Ing.) - Jansen, R. (Dr. rer. Nat.)
Deutsch - English

Softcover, large format
243 Seiten / pages
illustrations
good condition
1985 - Art.Nr. 25604

12,00 EUR

Women Astronauts

Women Astronauts

Woodmansee, Laura S
Have you ever wondered what it's like to be an astronaut? To blast-off into space and float above earth? Women Astronauts is a must for everey girl, young woman, or anyone else who wants to learn about women astronauts, what they do and how they they got to where they are now.
How did other women become astronauts? Read about every woman who has ever flown into space. This book is packed with exciting stories, photos, and interviews with many st and current women astronauts. Read about their childhood, training, everyday lives and of course, their actual missions into space!
How can I become an astronaut? Is your future in space? Find out what it takes to become an astronaut, about the selection process, training, and what it's like to live and work äs an astronaut in space, and here on Earth.
How can I feel like an astronaut now? Find out where you can train like an astronaut and learn about space. A guide to books, web sites, space stuff, and space places you can visit.
What's the history of Women Astronauts? In 1963, Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space. But few people know that several American women also tried to get into space in the early 1960's but never became NASA astronauts. Read their story and how attitudes towards women in space changed with the 1978 selection of six Wonien with the 1978 selection of six women astronauts, including Astrophysicist Sally Ride, and Biochemist Shannon Lucid.

Softcover with bonus CDROM unopened
168 Seiten / pages
hundreds of color 3-D drawings + bonus CD-ROM
very good condition, with a name label of the previous owner
Burlington, Canada - 2002 - Apogee Books
Art.Nr. 25642

18,00 EUR

Women in Space: Following Valentina

Women in Space: Following Valentina

Shayler, David J. - Moule, Ian A
First Edition
Springer-Praxis Books in Space Exploration

ON 16 JUNE 1963 Soviet cosmonaut Valentine Tereshkova became the tenth person and first woman to orbit the Earth. It would be a further two decades before the second woman, also Russian, and then the first American female astronaut entered space. During the 1980s and 1990s over 50 females from around the world were selected for spaceflight training, with 40 achieving at least one flight. The road to space for women has been long and difficult but their commitment and contribution has been as dedicated as that of their male colleagues.
The story of women in space charts the pioneering aeronautical developments of the early decades of the 20th Century to the very start of human space exploration, and on to the Shuttle and space Station era. However, the story of women in space is not just about those who fly the missions, but also of those who work on the ground, or stay at horne with the family.
In Women In Space - Following Valentina David Shayler and lan Moule chronicle these missions into space, from the historic Vostok 6 in June 1963 to the tragedy of STS-107 40 years on. From the first pioneering steps, through the frustration and disappointments of the 1960s and 1970s, the triumphs and tragedies of the 1980s, to the current International Space Station Programme, women have played a crucial role in the space Programme, and this book celebrates their achievements.

Softcover
410 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition
Berlin - Heidelberg - New York - London - 2005 - Springer Verlag - Praxis Publishing UK
Art.Nr. 25299

32,00 EUR

Women in Space: Reaching the Last Frontier

Women in Space: Reaching the Last Frontier

Briggs, Carole S.

Softcover
80 Seiten / pages
many photos
very good condition, with a name sticker of the previous owner
Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A. - 1988 - Lerner Publications
Art.Nr. 25448

22,00 EUR

Zu Hause im Universum: Ein Weltraumbuch

Zu Hause im Universum: Ein Weltraumbuch

Walter, Ulrich (deutscher Astronaut)
Erstausgabe

Ein Shuttleflug mit dem Astronauten Ulrich Walter wird zu einer Entdeckungsreise ins Universum: Wir lösen das Geheimnis unserer Herkunft (aus Sternenstaub!), erfahren vom großen Einfluss des Mondes, von der Besiedelung des Weltraums und sind überwältigt vom Anblick der Erde. Aus der unendlichen Weite des Alls betrachtet, stellen sich viele Fragen über die Welt, den Menschen und seine Bedeutung im Kosmos neu oder anders. Können wir die Welt wirklich mit unseren Sinnen erfassen? Und sind wir Menschen «die Krone der Schöpfung»? Auf diese Weise führt uns unsere Reise am Ende zu dem neuen Bild des Universums, das die Wissenschaften heute zeichnen.

gebundene Ausgabe
253 Seiten / pages
Fotos
sehr gut erhalten, neuwertig
Berlin - 2002 - Rowohlt
Art.Nr. 22382

12,00 EUR

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