To orbit and back again : how the Space Shuttle flew in space /

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Author / Creator:Sivolella, Davide, author.
Imprint:New York : Springer, [2012?]
©2014
Description:1 online resource.
Language:English
Series:Springer-Praxis books in space exploration
Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
Subject:Space shuttles.
Space flight.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General)
Physique.
Astronomie.
Space flight.
Space shuttles.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11080231
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ISBN:9781461409830
1461409837
9781461409823
1461409829
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:The question may be simple, but the answer is not as easy to give. This book describes the structures and systems used each time the Shuttle was launched, and then follows an imaginary mission, explaining how those structures and systems were used in orbital operations and the return to Earth. Details of how anomalous events were dealt with on individual missions are also provided, as are the recollections of those who built and flew the Shuttle. Highly illustrated with many diagrams, photographs and technical drawings, To Orbit and Back Again focuses on the engineering aspects of the Shuttle describes the systems and subsystems in clear, non-technical terms brings to the fore the design work behind the Space Shuttle and the mission itself.
Other form:Print version: Sivolella, Davide. To orbit and back again 9781461409823
Standard no.:10.1007/978-1-4614-0983-0
YBP11090222