Resultados de búsqueda: Space Exploration from Andrew Barnes Booksellers

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket xix + 425pp., b/w plates, references, HumanityÕs first reusable spacecraft and the most complex machine ever built, NASAÕs Space Shuttle debuted with great promise and as a dependable source of wonder and national pride. But with the Challenger catastrophe in 1986, the whole Space Shuttle program came into question, as did NASA itself, so long an institution that was seemingly above reproach. Wheels Stop tells the stirring story of how, after the Challenger disaster, the Space Shuttle not only recovered but went on to perform its greatest missions.

Washington: NASA, 2000. 1st edition. As New. quarto. stiff wrappers viii + 334pp., b/w plates, text ills., appends., bibliog., index, NASA SP-2000-4029. The purpose of this work is to provide researchers, students, and space enthusiasts with a comprehensive reference for facts about Project Apollo, America's effort to put humans in the Moon. Research for this work started in 1988, when the author discovered that, despite the excellent books that focused on the events that highlighted Apollo, there were none that focused on the drama of the numbers. This book is separated into two parts. The first part contains narratives for the Apollo 1 fire and the 11 flown Apollo missions. Included after each narrative is a series of data tables, followed by a comprehensive timeline of events from just before liftoff to just after crew & spacecraft recovery

London: Harrap, 1987. 1st edition. As New. 8vo.. dust jacket viii + 312pp., b/w plates, index, Story of how the US Military destroyed NASA and led to the destruction of the Challenger Space Shuttle

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket xiv + 348pp., colour & b/w plates, What's it like to travel at more than 850 MPH, riding in a supersonic T-38 twin turbojet engine airplane? What happens when the space station toilet breaks? How do astronauts "take out the trash" on a spacewalk, tightly encapsulated in a space suit with just a few layers of fabric and Kevlar between them and the unforgiving vacuum of outer space?

Washington: Government Printing Office, 2003. 1st edition. Very Good. tall octavo.. stiff wrappers 261pp., colour & b/w plates, text ills., map, appends., A reproduction of the first printing corrected up to September 2003. Inc. CD-ROM with updated material

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. 1st edition. As New. octavo. stiff wrappers xxvi + 540pp., b/w plates, text ills., appendix, index, Outward Odyssey: A People's History of Spaceflight: As the US and the USSR went from exploring space to living in it, a space station was conceived as the logical successor. But between conception and execution stood the vastness of space itself, to say nothing of the monumental technological challenges. Homesteading Space, by two of Skylab's own astronauts and a NASA journalist, tells the dramatic story of the USÕ first space station long after the Soviet achievedment

Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2012. 1st ed. thus. Nice Copy. octavo. stiff wrappers xx + 313pp., notes, index, ÔGiven the enormity of the universe, it appears almost inevitable that humankind will one day find a planet that appears to be much like the Earth. This discovery will no doubt re-ignite the lure of interplanetary travel. Will we be up to the task, & given our limited resources, biological constraints, & the general hostility of space, what shape should we expect such expeditions to take.Õ Signs of use o/w a nice copy

New York: Little, Brown, 2013. 1st edition. Nice Copy. octavo. dust jacket 295pp., colour & b/w plates, index, Colonel Hadfield has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. Signed by Chris Hadfield on the title-page

Burlington: Apogee Books, 2002. 1st edition. Nice Copy. lge. octavo. dust jacket xxxiii + 337pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appendix, When Gus GrissomÕs spacecraft sank in the Atlantic Ocean, it created a controversy that still is rippling through NASAÕs space program. Book describes the exploration of space and underwater, plus how the paths of two men crossed in the recovery of the Liberty Bell 7 spacecraft. CD-ROM in rear pocket features the operational log for the recovery of Liberty Bell 7 & technical drawings

New York: Touchstone, 2016. 1st edition / 1st printing. As New. octavo. dust jacket xviii + 445pp., colour & b/w plates, appendix, bibliog., index, On 12th April 1981 a revolutionary new spacecraft blasted off from Florida on her maiden flight. NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia was the most advanced flying machine ever built - the high watermark of post-war aviation development. Loosely inserted a postacrd inscribed & signed by Rowland White

Winnetka: PDQ Press, 2009. 1st ed. thus. As New. lge. octavo. pictorial wrappers xxxiii + 337pp., b/w plates, text ills., maps, appendix, NASA/SP-2008-565

New York: G. P.ÊPutnam's, 1968. 1st edition / 1st printing. Very Good. 8vo.. orig. cloth 253pp., b/w plates, appends., index, The Shocking Story of the Apollo Disaster--and Why It May Happen Again!Ex-library copy with usual stamps & labels o/w a very good copy. Scarce

New York: Copernicus, 2006. 1st edition. As New. octavo. laminated boards viii + 454pp., b/w plates, notes, appends., index,

London: Simon & Schuster, 2012. 1st ed. thus. As New. small octavo. stiff wrappers xiii + 768pp., b/w plates, notes, bibliog., index, His Authorised Biography

Boston: Little, Brown, 1970. 1st ed. thus. Nice Copy. 8vo.. dust jacket xiii + 511pp., b/w plates, notes, Book Club edition. Based on the AstronautsÕ own accounts

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2013. 1st edition. As New. octavo. stiff wrappers 299pp., b/w plates, sources, index, Nearly forty years passed between the Apollo moon landings, the grandest accomplishment of a government-run space program, and the Ansari X PRIZE-winning flights of SpaceShipOne, the greatest achievement of a private space program. Now, as we hover on the threshold of commercial spaceflight, authors Chris Dubbs and Emeline Paat-Dahlstrom look back at how we got to this point

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1952. 1st edition. Nice Copy. lge. octavo. dust jacket xiv + 147pp., colour & b/w plates, diags., text ills., index, The future of manned space-flight. With colour illusts. by Chesley Bonestell, Fred Freeman, & Rolf Klep. Nice early item. Neat ownership signature o/w an excellent copy in a slightly worn unclipped dust jacket

Milton: Jacaranda Press, 1969. 1st edition. As New. Quarto. dust jacket 100pp., frontis., b/w plates, diags., text ills., index, Nice early Australian item, includes synopsis of AustraliaÕs part in space exploration to date

London: Paddington Press, 1978. 1st edition. As New. octavo. dust jacket 208pp., b/w plates, maps, index, Story of Cosmos 954, a spy satellite carrying 100 pounds of enriched uranium 235 which fell on Canada

New York: Collins, 2008. 1st edition. As New. small octavo. stiff wrappers 384pp., colour & b/w plates, glossary, Covers satellites, rockets, space stations etc. Fine guide with a photo & specifications for each vehicle