Skylab

America's Space Station
2001
ISBN: 978-1-85233-407-9
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1030 g

Reihe: Springer Praxis Books

Skylab is not just a story of space hardware and space science, but also of space explorers and pioneers. Using official NASA documentation and interviews with the astronauts and key personnel, the inside story of Skylab is presented as the story unfolds. An evaluation of the lessons learnt from the programme and how these were, or were not, incorporated into the Space Shuttle and Space Station programme is also offered to present the value of Skylab in the context of the current programme, 25 years after the last crew came home.

Zielgruppe

Popular/general

Autoren/Hrsg.

David, Shayler

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Raumfahrt
• Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Weltraumforschung
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Fertigungsindustrie Luftfahrtindustrie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword.- Author's Preface.- Acknowledgements.- List of Illustrations and Tables.- Acronyms and Abbreviations.- Prologue.- Origins.- Preparing for Flight.- The Human Element.- Flight Operations.- Research Fields.- Beyond Skylab.- Appendix: The Astronauts. Mission Data. Experiment Data.- Bibliography.- Index.