Space science

This peer-reviewed book provides detailed insights into how space and its applications are, and can be used to support the development of the full range and diversity of African societies, as encapsulated in the African Union's Agenda 2063.

This book focuses on applications of micro CT, CBCT and CT in medicine and engineering, comprehensively explaining the basic principles of these techniques in detail, and describing their increasing use in the imaging field.

This book reports on the latest numerical and experimental findings in the field of high-lift technologies.

This book offers a vision of how evolutionary life processes can be modelled.

This book reports on advanced theories and methods aimed at characterizing the dynamics of non-ideal compressible fluids.

This book studies the dynamics of 2D objects moving through turbulent fluids.

This is a book about rocket science: what it is and what it does.

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

An insider's look at the science of near-Earth comets and asteroidsOf all the natural disasters that could befall us, only an Earth impact by a large comet or asteroid has the potential to end civilization in a single blow.

The story of unmanned space exploration, from Viking to todayDreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds.

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.

The search for life on Marsand the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans thereDoes life exist on Mars?

Space is one of the fastest growing military, government and industry sectors.

In 1975, Tom Gunn had a life-altering career change when he went from an eight-year stint as staff lawyer with the U.

Let's explore the world beyond our own without jumping into spaceships.

There's so much unexplored about the outer space but what we do know now is that it's a beautiful.

Take your kids to the land of the unknown - the land of asteroids, comets and meteors.

Science is a tough subject to introduce to young minds.

The next pages will discuss rocket science.

From the Earth to outer space, there's a gazillion things to learn!

The book presents the select proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Modern Research in Aerospace Engineering (MRAE 2023).

This book presents a new approach to learning the dynamics of particles and rigid bodies at an intermediate to advanced level.

This book describes and explains the basis of bio-inspired, leading-edge tubercles based on humpback whale flippers as passive but effective flow control devices, as well as providing a comprehensive practical guide in their applications.

This book gathers contributions addressing issues related to the analysis of composite structures, whose most relevant common thread is augmented numerical efficiency, which is more accurate for given computational costs than existing methods and methodologies.

This book shows how anthropology can provide an innovative perspective on the human movement into space.

This book explains how stress - either psychological or physical - can activate and/or paralyse human innate or adaptive immunity.

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

This book presents a selection of scientific and technical results utilizing new computational methods, tools, and technologies in Aeronautical Design.

Combining substantive information with hands-on activities, this book helps you integrate space science with other curricular areas.

The thrilling quest for subsurface life on Earth and other planetsDeep Life takes readers to uncharted regions deep beneath Earth's crust in search of life in extreme environments and reveals how astonishing new discoveries by geomicrobiologists are helping the quest to find life in the solar system.

The pace of space exploration has long been dictated by political motivations.

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

Between 1983 and 1998, Spacelab provided NASA with a vital short-term laboratory in space.

Folienlager sind Gleitlager mit einer nachgiebigen Innenkontur.

This book presents a collection of the best papers from the Seventh Asian Joint Workshop on Thermophysics and Fluid Science (AJWTF7 2018), which was held in Trivandrum, India, in November 2018.

Guided by genius engineer Hideo Itokawa, Japan's space program began with small scientific satellites more than 50 years ago.

The aim of this book is to explain, analyze and compute the kinds of motions that appear in an extended vicinity of the geometrically defined equilateral points of the Earth-Moon system, as a source of possible nominal orbits for future space missions.

This book studies several problems related to the analysis of planned or possible spacecraft missions.

It is well known that the restricted three-body problem has triangular equilibrium points.

In this book the problem of station keeping is studied for orbits near libration points in the solar system.

This book presents the state of the art in numerical and analytical techniques as well as future trends associated with mission design for libration point orbits.

This book is an exposition of classical mechanics and relativity that addresses the question of whether it is possible to send probes to extrasolar systems.

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

This book provides an overview of advanced prediction and verification technologies for aerodynamics and aerothermodynamics and assesses a number of critical issues in advanced hypersonic vehicle design.

This book presents up-to-date concepts and design methods relating to space dynamics and control, including spacecraft attitude control, orbit control, and guidance, navigation, and control (GNC), summarizing the research advances in control theory and methods and engineering practice from Beijing Institute of Control Engineering over the years.

This book discusses the journey of Dr.

This book describes systematically the theory and technology of the precision forming of large, complex and thin-walled superalloy castings for aircraft engines, covering all the important basic aspects of the manufacturing process, including process design, wax pattern, ceramic molds, casting and solidification, heat treatment, repair casting and dimension precision control.

This book describes systematically telemetry theory and methods for aircraft in flight test.

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This book presents select peer reviewed proceedings of the International Conference on Design and Engineering of Lighter-Than-Air Systems (DELTAs 2022) which was held at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay.