Describes the beginnings of the space shuttle progam, the layout of a shuttle, a day's activities in space, the Challenger disaster, and the role of a shuttle in building a space station.
Celebrating Thirty Years of NASA's First Space Plane Piers Bizony. MISSION IMAGES APRIL 1981 — JANUARY 1986 Relieved mission controllers at the Johnson Space Center near Houston. MISSION IMAGES APRIL 1981 – JANUARY 1986.
In simple, easy-to-understand language, this title describes how the space shuttle is launched into orbit and how astronauts maneuver it in space. The book also provides information on the space shuttles NASA has developed.
In "The space shuttle: roles, missions, and accomplishments", David Harland explains, for the first time, the scientific contribution that the space shuttle made to the international space programme. He focuses...
The Space Shuttle
Simple explanation of the launch and journey of a space shuttle.
The Space Shuttle: A Photographic History
The book also covers the development and design of the orbiter, as well as the technical specifications of the vehicle and details of its major assemblies and subassemblies.
The photo of McCandless floating above Earth’s surface is one of the most celebrated and famous space photographs ever. These are just a few of the 140 stories Miller tells in this beautiful volume.