Astronautics

'Astronauts For Hire' is a comprehensive and authoritative study of the increasing need for commercial astronauts.

This book gives a concise and comprehensive overview of non-cooperative target tracking, fusion and control.

This book reports on the design and development of a system that assists remote pilots during navigation.

Astronauts, cosmonauts, and a very limited number of people have experienced eating space food due to the unique processing and packaging required for space travel.

The range of solar sailing is very vast; it is a fully in-space means of propulsion that should allow us to accomplish various mission classes that are literally impossible using rocket propulsion, no matter if nuclear or electric.

A mission to send humans to explore the surface of Mars has been the ultimate goal of planetary exploration since the 1950s, when von Braun conjectured a flotilla of 10 interplanetary vessels carrying a crew of at least 70 humans.

Spotlighting the field of Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO), this book illustrates and implements state-of-the-art methodologies within the complex process of aerospace system design under uncertainties.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of time-fixed terminal rendezvous around the Earth using chemical propulsion.

This modern textbook guides the reader through the theory and practice of the motion and attitude control of space vehicles.

Frequently it is suggested that the 'golden age' of television was during the period 1950-1960.

This book explores topics that are central to the field of spacecraft attitude determination and control.

This book summarizes what is currently known about gravity sensing and response mechanisms in microorganisms, fungi, lower and higher plants; starting from the historical eye-opening experiments from the 19th century up to today's extremely rapid advancing cellular, molecular and biotechnological research.

Advances in Manufacturing for Aerospace Alloys focuses on advanced manufacturing operations and processes related to aerospace alloys.

This book focuses on the high-accuracy attitude control system design and approaches for satellite with modeling error including system uncertainties, actuator faults, and disturbances.

Written by the leading experts in the field, this book results from Vortex Workshop 2023 which took place in San Diego, the USA, on December 11-13.

This book highlights the systematic investigation into the calculation of Hansen coefficients and their derivatives in satellite orbital dynamics.

Mounting pressure in the early 1960s from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to study ways of expanding the role of astronauts to conduct science on future space missions led to NASA's conclusion that flying scientifically trained crewmembers would generate greater returns from each mission.

This book is a compilation of peer-reviewed papers from the 2023 Asia-Pacific International Symposium on Aerospace Technology (APISAT2023).

Fluid flows are characterized by uncertain inputs such as random initial data, material and flux coefficients, and boundary conditions.

April 12, 2011 is the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's pioneering journey into space.

This book provides a comprehensive reference for the studies of mechanical properties of materials over multiple length and time scales.

Robust and Fault-Tolerant Control proposes novel automatic control strategies for nonlinear systems developed by means of artificial neural networks and pays special attention to robust and fault-tolerant approaches.

This book focuses on the finite-time control of attitude stabilization, attitude tracking for individual spacecraft, and finite-time control of attitude synchronization.

This book focuses on gyro-free inertial navigation technology, which is used to measure not only linear motion parameters but also angular rates.

These proceedings showcase the best papers selected from more than 500 submissions, and introduce readers to the latest research topics and developmental trends in the theory and application of MMESE.

This book, a collaborative endeavour by experts from various disciplines, meticulously investigates the increasing reliance on drones in conflicts across Africa, delving into their geopolitical, tactical, and ethical ramifications.

This conference attracts GN&C specialists from across the globe.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of chapters on materials (both established and evolving) and material technologies that are important for aerospace systems.

Model Validation and Uncertainty Quantification, Volume 3.

This book features the latest theoretical results and techniques in the field of guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) of vehicles and aircrafts.

Drohnen sind längst von einer vielversprechenden Zukunftstechnologie zu einer etablierten Größe am Himmel geworden.

This book consists of selected and peer-reviewed papers presented at the 13th International Conference on Vibration Problems (ICOVP 2017).

This book presents selected papers from the International Conference of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 2019 (AeroMech 2019), held at the Universiti Sains Malaysia's School of Aerospace Engineering.

This SpringerBrief provides a general overview of the role of satellite applications for disaster mitigation, warning, planning, recovery and response.

These proceedings present selected research papers from CSNC2017,  held during 23th-25th May in Shanghai, China.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

The objective of the book is to find an answer to the rationale behind the human quest for the Mars exploration.

This book gathers the latest advances, innovations, and applications in the field of aerospace technology and aviation safety, as presented by researchers at the 9th World Congress "e;Aviation in the XXI Century"e;: Safety in Aviation and Space Technologies, held in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 26-28 2021.

This volume is about ultra high-speed cameras, which enable us to see what we normally do not see.

This book not only introduces the principles of INS, CNS and GNSS, the related filters and semi-physical simulation, but also systematically discusses the key technologies needed for integrated navigations of INS/GNSS, INS/CNS, and INS/CNS/GNSS, respectively.

A comprehensive, highly readable account of complex, technical, political and human endeavor and a worthy successor to Creating the International Space Station (Springer Praxis, January 2002) by David Harland and John Catchpole.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Advanced Lightweight Materials and Structures (ICALMS) 2020, and discusses the triad of processing, structure, and various properties of lightweight materials.

This book provides a solid foundation from which most practical, theoretical problems related to sandwich structures can be derived and solved.

This monograph is an exposition of a novel method for solving inverse problems, a method of parameter estimation for time series data collected from simulations of real experiments.

Parallel Processing Applications for Jet Engine Control is a volume in the new Advances in Industrial Control series, edited by Professor M.

Airbreathing Propulsion covers the physics of combustion, fluid and thermo-dynamics, and structural mechanics of airbreathing engines, including piston, turboprop, turbojet, turbofan, and ramjet engines.

Luna 2, launched by the USSR in 1959, was the first spacecraft from Earth to land on the moon.

This book offers a comprehensive reference guide for the theory and practice of intelligent and fuzzy techniques in Aviation 4.

In response to requests from Congress, NASA asked the National Research Council to undertake a decadal survey of life and physical sciences in microgravity.