To Orbit and Back Again: How the Space Shuttle Flew in Space

by Davide Sivolella

Book Overview

The Space Shuttle has been the dominant machine in the U.S. space program for thirty years and has generated a great deal of interest among space enthusiasts and engineers. This book enables readers to understand its technical systems in greater depth than they have been able to do so before.

The author describes the structures and systems of the Space Shuttle, and then follows a typical mission, explaining how the structures and systems were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461409829
• ISBN13: 9781461409823
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 502 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.7" x 9.4"