Space science

Lunar Outpost provides a detailed account of the various technologies, mission architectures, medical requirements and training needed to return humans to the Moon within the next decade.

A revolution in spaceflight is likely soon with the prospect of everyday access to orbit within fifteen years.

Surge Control of Active-magnetic-bearing-suspended Centrifugal Compressors sets out the fundamentals of integrating active magnetic bearing (AMB) rotor suspension technology in compressor systems, and describes how this relatively new bearing technology can be employed in active control of compressor surge initiation.

TERRAFORMING MARS This book provides a thorough scientific review of how Mars might eventually be colonized, industrialized, and transformed into a world better suited to human habitation.

Throughout most of the twentieth century, electric propulsion was considered the technology of the future.

At the intersection of astronautics, computer science, and social science, this book introduces the challenges and insights associated with computer simulation of human society in outer space, and of the dynamics of terrestrial enthusiasm for space exploration.

The story of the visionary scientists who invented the futureIn 1969, Princeton physicist Gerard O'Neill began looking outward to space colonies as the new frontier for humanity's expansion.

Sustainable aviation is a long-term strategy to provide innovative solutions to the industry's environmental challenges.

This book, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Satellite: Data Processing and Services, presents the selected proceedings of the International Conference on Small Satellites (ICSS 2022) that aims to provide an opportunity for academicians, scientists, researchers, and industry experts, engaged in teaching, research, and development on satellite data processing and its services by employing advanced artificial intelligence-based machine learning techniques.

This text is an advancement of the theory of vibration protection of mechanical systems with lumped and distributed parameters.

This book addresses the complex technical challenges presented by remote space mining in terms of robotics, remote power systems, space transport, IT and communications systems, and more.

This book details science of hypersonics especially focusing on propulsion aspects such as supersonic combustion ramjets and their applications, and also includes lift and drag in hypersonic flight and their mathematical and physical explanation.

This volume contains commissioned reviews of research on biological influences on violent or aggressive behavior.

Optical Payloads for Space Missions is a comprehensive collection of optical spacecraft payloads with contributions by leading international rocket-scientists and instrument builders.

In 1972 NASA launched the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ETRS), now known as Landsat 1, and on February 11, 2013 launched Landsat 8.

This book presents the most up-to-date accomplishments in gear design and gear production, detailing theory of gearing and its application.

The book focuses on the topic of trends and challenges with regards to satellite-based earth observation.

The story of European-Russian collaboration in space is little known and its importance all too often understated.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is widely admired for astonishing accomplishments since its formation in 1958.

The Yearbook on Space Policy, edited by the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), is the reference publication analysing space policy developments.

This handbook presents an authoritative account of the potential of advanced ceramics and composites in strategic applications, including defense, national security, aerospace, and energy security (especially nuclear energy).

The creation and utilization of the International Space Station (ISS) is a milestone in space exploration.

Finite-time stability (FTS) is a more practical concept than classical Lyapunov stability, useful for checking whether the state trajectories of a system remain within pre-specified bounds over a finite time interval.

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Design and Technology provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to unmanned aerial systems (UAS) technology basics.

For all being interested in astronautics, this translation of Hermann Oberth's classic work is a truly historic event.

Combining the latest astronomical results with a historical perspective, Solar System: Between Fire and Ice takes you on a fabulous tour of our intriguing Solar System.

Nonlinear Structures & Systems, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 40th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2022, the first volume of nine from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This edited volume includes thoroughly collected on sensing and control for autonomous vehicles.

This book collects selected papers from the 28th Conference of Spacecraft TT&C Technology in China held on November 8-10, 2016.

This remarkable book is a unique insight into the people involved in the development of the Salyut space station and the crews assigned to operate it.

The frontier represented by the near solar system confronts humanity with intriguing challenges and opportunities.

Drawing on practical engineering experience and latest achievements of space technology in China, this title investigates spacecraft system design and introduces several design methods based on the model development process.

A true revolution has rocked the space industry, as Silicon Valley and new startup companies around the world have shaken up the status quo.

The U.

Learn about commercial spaceflight's most successful startup in this fully updated book, which follows the extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement that have placed SpaceX at the forefront of the launch industry and positioned it as the most likely candidate for transporting humans to Mars.

This book commences with an editorial overview, providing a comprehensive introduction to the current landscape and future prospects in engineering and technology.

This book presents select papers presented during the 6th National Symposium on Rotor Dynamics, held at CSIR-NAL, Bangalore, and focuses on the latest trends in rotor dynamics and various challenges encountered in the design of rotating machinery.

Over the last decade, astrophysical observations of neutron stars - both as isolated and binary sources - have paved the way for a deeper understanding of the structure and dynamics of matter beyond nuclear saturation density.

Topics in Modal Analysis I, Volume 5.

This book presents neural partial differentiation as an estimation algorithm for extracting aerodynamic derivatives from flight data.

Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control and Guidance for Aerospace demonstrates the attractive potential of recent developments in control for resolving such issues as flight performance, self protection and extended-life structures.

A complete history of human endeavors in space, this book also moves beyond the traditional topics of human spaceflight, space technology, and space science to include political, social, cultural, and economic issues, and also commercial, civilian, and military applications.

Remote observations of Earth from space serve an extraordinarily broad range of purposes, resulting in extraordinary demands on those at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and elsewhere who must decide how to execute them.

The concept of entropy arises in diverse branches of science, including physics, where it plays a crucial role.

Long used in undergraduate and introductory graduate courses, Astrophysical Techniques, Seventh Edition provides an accessible yet comprehensive account of the innovate instruments, detectors, and techniques employed in astronomy and astrophysics.

This book provides a general introduction to fluid mechanics in the form of biographies and popular science.

This volume of the series Space Life Sciences provides insights into the latest findings of gravity research and the effect of gravity on biological systems, specifically on a cellular and molecular level.