The world's most populous nation views space as an asset, not only from a technological and commercial perspective, but also from a political and militaristic one. The repercussions of this ideology already extend far beyond Washington. China vs. United States offers a glimpse of future Chinese aspirations in space and the politico-militaristic implications of a looming space race, and explains ..

Discusses autonomous and autonomic systems, their interdependencies, differences and similarities. This book also explores concepts, ideas and experiences in relation to real-life NASA systems in spacecraft control and in the exploration domain.

A CLUSTER and IMAGE Perspective. .

Simulation tools strongly changed the development of satellites and spacecraft over the years. This book gives a depiction how system simulators are applied for the development and verification of space vehicles. It shows the usage of simulations for various processes: engineering and design process, and numerical studies and software engineering.

It's July 16th, 1969, one of the most momentous days in history! This title lets you join the crew of Apollo 11 for lift off, then to take man's first steps on the moon. It tracks the mission day by day and hour by hour. Based on the actual logbook, it follows events from lift off to splash down, learning many space facts along the way.

Includes the NASA Mission Reports for Apollo 17 as well as the NASA press releases from 1972 relating to the flight. This work contains a video interview with Apollo 17 astronaut Gene Cernan, the last man to set foot on the moon.

Over the course of six landings from 1969 to 1972, twelve men explored, four-wheeled, dug and hiked across the lunar surface. NASA has plans for a seventh landing on the Moon. This title reveals the strategies for how we get to the Moon, what we know, what we want to find out, and what life is like at the first true outposts on the Moon and Mars.

This book tells the remarkable story of space exploration from the early twentieth century to the present, with compelling coverage - including a wealth of illustrations - of every US space mission ever undertaken, including those of projects Mercury, Gemini and Apollo, and the development of the Space Shuttle.

Presents an account of the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements and training needed to return humans to the Moon. This title focuses on the means by which a lunar outpost is constructed. It addresses topics such as the cost of the enterprise and the roles played by private companies and individual countries.

Explores the technologies, spacecraft capabilities, launch vehicles and the training that define nascent space tourism industry, and provides a manual for suborbital and orbital private space explorers. This work provides an explanation of the medical requirements for spaceflight participants, with reference to potential waiver criteria.

A documentary of the glory days of manned spaceflight that is described in graphic detail by the one man who worked side-by-side with every astronaut that left the Cape bound for space.

Tools for Space Exploration. .

The NASA History.

Covers the subject of integrated navigation systems, which is designed for those directly involved with the design, integration, and test and evaluation of navigation systems. This book provides a foundation for addressing the different aspects of integrated navigation systems.

The NASA History of Manned Lunar Spacecraft to 1969.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon in 1969 - the first humans to visit another celestial body. To mark the 50th anniversary of Sputnik in 2007 and the 50th anniversary of the founding of NASA in October 2008, this title captures this epic moment with photographs, and narrates the story from American and the Russian perspectives.

This is the first by one of the Apollo 11 astronauts.

Part of an informative series that introduces the reader to various aspects of Space and the Solar System. KS1.

Focuses upon the 1960s, exploring space missions from April 1961 to April 1971: from the pioneering Vostok flights to the establishment of the first Salyut space station and from Alan Shepard's modest sub-orbital 'hop' into space to his triumphant arrival at the Moon's Fra Mauro foothills almost a decade later.

Orbital mechanics is a cornerstone subject for aerospace engineering students. This text focuses on what students at undergraduate and taught masters level need to know. It brings a fresh, modern, approach to teaching and learning orbital mechanics. It is illustrated and supported with downloadable MATLAB algorithms for project and practical work.