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The space shuttle : roles, missions, and accomplishments / David M. Harland.
Author
Harland, David M. (David Michael), 1955-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1998.
Description
xxiii, 529 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
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Subject(s)
Space Shuttle Program (U.S.)
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History
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Space shuttles
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History
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Series
Wiley-Praxis series in space science and technology
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Summary note
Presents the Space Shuttle as a utilitarian craft, focusing on its origins, operations, and importance to many scientific missions.
Notes
"Published in association with Praxis Publishing, Chichester."
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [503]-507) and index.
Contents
Origins
Shuttle operations
Communications satellites
No mission too difficult
The darker side
Materials processing
Facilities for commercial research
Biology
the Hubble Space Telescope
The Gamma Ray Observatory
Spacelabs and free-flyers
Forthcoming attractions
Galileo's ordeal
Dante's inferno
Magellan's triumph
Home planet
Unexpected opportunity
An island in the sky
The evolving role.
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ISBN
0471981389 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
9780471981381 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
97043764
OCLC
38002548
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