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(0)Rod Pyle
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"The story of the people who designed, built, launched, landed, and are now operating the Mars rover Curiosity. Award-winning science writer Rod Pyle provides a behind-the-scenes look into the recent space mission to Mars of Curiosity--the unmanned rover that is now providing researchers with unprecedented information about the red planet. Pyle follows the team of dedicated scientists whose job it is to explore new vistas on Mars. Readers will also...
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Award-winning science writer and documentarian Rod Pyle presents an insider's perspective on the most unusual and bizarre space missions ever devised inside and outside of NASA. The incredible projects described here were not merely flights of fancy dreamed up by space enthusiasts, but actual missions planned by leading aeronautical engineers. Some were designed but not built; others were built but not flown; and a few were flown to failure but little...
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This beautifully illustrated pop science book which answers the enduring questions raised by science fiction, such as "Do hoverboards really exist?", "How can you bring a dinosaur back to life?" and "Can we really travel in time and space?"
Packed with stunning images, including 75 illustrations created exclusively for this book, Blueprint for a Battlestar takes twenty-five remarkable and memorable technologies from the world of sci-fi, from Star...
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English
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A NASA insider tells the exciting story of robotic space missions to explore the solar system.
Exploring the planets has been a goal of America's space program since the dawn of the space race. This insider's perspective examines incredible missions of robotic spacecraft to every corner of our solar system and beyond. Some were flown into glory, while others were planned and relegated to dusty filing cabinets. All were remarkable in their aspirations.
Award-winning...
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No longer the exclusive domain of government entities such as NASA and other national agencies, space exploration is rapidly becoming privatized, with entrepreneurial startups building huge rocket boosters, satellites, rocket engines, asteroid probes, prospecting craft, and even commercial lunar cargo landers to open this new frontier. Research into ever more sophisticated propulsion and life support systems will soon enable the journey to Mars and...
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Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
341 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
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English
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Reveals the most unusual space missions ever devised inside and outside of NASA during a time when nothing was too odd to be taken seriously, and the race to the moon and the threat from the Soviet Union trumped all other considerations. --
8) Missions to the moon : the story of man's greatest adventure brought to life with augmented reality
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Pub. Date
2019
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50th Anniversary edition.
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176 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 29 cm
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English
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Missions to the moon traces our quest to explore this final frontier. A free app enables special interactive pages to come alive, allowing you to witness Neil Armstrong's first steps, explore your own Lunar Module and access rare documents as if the story were unfolding before your eyes. With more than 150 photographs you will celebrate the sucess of Apollo 8, the first manned spacecraft to orbit a celestial body, marvel at Apollo 11, and share the...