The space shuttle : roles, missions, and accomplishments / David M. Harland.

Author
Harland, David M. (David Michael), 1955- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1998.
Description
xxiii, 529 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

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    Subject(s)
    Series
    Wiley-Praxis series in space science and technology [More in this series]
    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.
    ISBN
    • 0471981389 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    • 9780471981381 ((cloth ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    97043764
    OCLC
    38002548
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