David Baker

Gebundenes Buch

NASA Space Shuttle Owners' Workshop Manual

An insight into the design, construction and operation of the NASA Space Shuttle

Beschreibung

Describes the origin of the reusable launch vehicle concept during the 1960s, its evolution into a viable flying machine in the early 1970s, and its subsequent design, engineering, construction and operation.

Autor

Dr. David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990. He has written more than 100 books on space flight, aviation and military technology. In October 2017 he received the American Astronautical Society's Frederick I. Ordway III award "for a sustained excellence in space coverage, through books, articles, as well as engagement in the early US space program." Dr. Baker is the author of the Haynes NASA Space Shuttle Manual, International Space Station Manual, NASA Mars Rovers Manual, Apollo 13 Manual, Soyuz Manual, Rocket Manual and Hubble Space Telescope Manual. David is currently the Editor of Spaceflight, the monthly space news magazine of the British Interplanetary Society, of which he is a Fellow, and he lives in East Sussex.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haynes
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 278mm x 215mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 878g
• ISBN-13: 9781844258666
• ISBN-10: 1844258661
• Artikelnr.: 30592261