Space science

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) contracted with the Naval Studies Board (NSB) of the National Research Council (NRC) to establish a committee to review ONR's Aircraft Technology Program (ATP).

In Origins of Life Volume II, life and its origin are inspected from traditional and unexpected points of view.

Explains the methods that rocket scientists use-expressed in a way that could be applied in everyday life.

Explores the environmental, safety, and security challenges facing humanity''s rapid expansion into Space and proposes actionable solutions.

Topics in Modal Analysis, Volume 10: Proceedings of the 33rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2015, the tenth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Shock & Vibration, Aircraft/Aerospace, Energy Harvesting, Volume 9: Proceedings of the 33rd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2015, the ninth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

The book provides an introduction to the mechanics of composite materials, written for graduate students and practitioners in industry.

The International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems 2011 was organized by the International Society of Intelligent Unmanned Systems and locally by the Center for Bio-Micro Robotics Research at Chiba University, Japan.

This book contains extensive data about tandem wing aircraft.

This engaging and accessible book is designed as a quick and easy way to get up to speed on all things in space technology.

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 presents firsthand insights into strategies and approaches for the commercial aerospace supply chain in response to the numerous changes that airlines, aircraft OEMs and their suppliers have experienced over the past few decades.

During the summer of 1969-the summer Americans first walked on the moon-musician and poet Patti Smith recalled strolling down the Coney Island Boardwalk to a refreshment stand, where "e;pictures of Jesus, President Kennedy, and the astronauts were taped to the wall behind the register.

EmDrive provides a comprehensive description of the theoretical background of this emerging technology.

This book considers two popular topics: fault detection and isolation (FDI) and flight data estimation using flush air data sensing (FADS) systems.

This book contains thirty-five selected papers presented at the International Conference on Evolutionary and Deterministic Methods for Design, Optimization and Control with Applications to Industrial and Societal Problems (EUROGEN 2017).

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.

The book presents a synopsis of the main results achieved during the 3 year EU-project "e;Advanced Inflight Measurement Techniques (AIM)"e; which applied advanced image based measurement techniques to industrial flight testing.

In the 25th Century, the effects of overpopulation and global warming on Earth have led to the formation of human colonies on the Moon, Mars and elsewhere in the Solar System, yet the limited number of viable places forces humanity to look to the stars.

This book describes the unsteady phenomena needed to understand supersonic combustion.

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This textbook provides a comprehensive review of Newtonian dynamics at a level suitable for undergraduate physics students.

This book consists of selected peer-reviewed papers from the 2nd International Seminar on Aeronautics and Energy (ISAE 2022) focusing on the theme to revive the aviation industry post-COVID-19 pandemic.

This book presents systematic research results on curved shock wave-curved compression surface applied to the compression surface design of supersonic-hypersonic inlet, which is a brand new inlet design.

Sensors & Instrumentation and Aircraft/Aerospace Testing Techniques, Volume 8: Proceedings of the 42nd IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics, 2024, the eighth volume of ten from the Conference brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book reports on advanced strategies to design, modeling and testing morphing wings for aeronautical applications.

This book concentrates on high-fidelity numerical methods for predicting internal flows within aeroengines' compressors.

The book represents a study guide reciting theoretical basics of radar location and radio navigation systems of air and sea transport.

Rocket and air-breathing propulsion systems are the foundation on which planning for future aerospace systems rests.

Over the past 5 years or more, there has been a steady and significant decrease in NASA's laboratory capabilities, including equipment, maintenance, and facility upgrades.

This book analyses the decisions of nations to develop indigenous space programs in order to become a leading world power.

In March 2000, NASA's Office of Space Flight asked the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Research Council to perform an independent assessment of the space solar power program's technology investment strategy to determine its technical soundness and its contribution to the roadmap that NASA has developed for this program.

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

Spacesuits are far more than garments.

This book dissects the hype and hubris of the Mars One venture.

Earth's Magnetosphere: Formed by the Low Latitude Boundary Layer, Second Edition, provides a fully updated overview of both historical and current data related to the magnetosphere and how it is formed.

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

Recent advances in scientific computing have caused the field of aerodynamics to change at a rapid pace, simplifying the design cycle of aerospace vehicles enormously - this book takes the readers from core concepts of aerodynamics to recent research, using studies and real-life scenarios to explain problems and their solutions.

The New Frontiers Program was created by NASA in 2002 at the recommendation of the NRC's decadal survey for solar system research.

Ceramic-matrix composites (CMCs) possess high specific strength and specific modulus and have already been applied in hot-section components of aeroengines.

This book describes the basic concepts of spacecraft operations for both manned and unmanned missions.

'Gripping' ED CAESAR 'Masterly' GEOFF DYER 'Incredible' TIM HARFORD 'A universal story that transcends time' NEW YORK TIMES 'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'We know what s going to happen, but feel the suspense nonetheless' THE TIMES** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **** WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 2024 **** WINNER OF THE KIRKUS BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 **The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the Challenger space shuttle disaster based on fascinating in-depth reporting and new archival research this is riveting history that reads like a thriller.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Technologies (ICAST 2020), organized by Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India.

This book introduces readers to a range of jamming principles and techniques for new radars, combining a wealth of theoretical analyses, test data, calculations, and charts.

New Frontiers in Astrobiology presents a simple and concise overview of the emerging field of astrobiology.

Investigations in space have led to fundamental discoveries of the human body to the space environment.