Only two years after Sputnik, weapons were created for attacking spacecraft. These were based on land. But now there is ......more
Discover the Lost Secrets of the Ancients and the Time When Stones Floated High over Egypt Throughout history, folklore,......more
A picture book created for children aged 3-6 years old. An educational experience that follows the journey of a little m......more
The Transport Airplane Risk Assessment Methodology (TARAM) is a process for calculating risk associated with continued o......more
The NASA Science Mission Directorate/Earth Science Division’s (SMD/ESD’s) Earth Venture (EV) is a program element within......more
Fostering diverse and inclusive teams that are highly skilled, innovative, and productive is critical for maintaining U.......more
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?" --Job 38:4 The Foundations of Science introduces children to t......more
This book has been prepared under the auspice of the European Low Gravity Research Association (ELGRA). The main task of......more
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New Frontiers in Astrobiology presents a simple and concise overview of the emerging field of astrobiology. Astrobiology......more
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Cosmic inflation and dark energy hold the key to the origin and the eventual fate of the Universe. Despite the increasin......more
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Balloon or spacecraft? After 75 years, it’s time to learn the truth. After seventy-five years, one thorny question still......more
The book examines the space ambitions of China, the United States, and India. It analyzes how unique strategic cultures ......more
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"Based on exclusive inside reporting, New Yorker writer Nicholas Schmidle tells the remarkable story of the test pilots,......more
Extreme Space Weather not only allows readers to learn the basics of complex space weather phenomena and future directio......more
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Hayabusa2 Asteroid Sample Return Mission: Technological Innovation and Advances covers the second Japanese asteroid samp......more
The Cosmos Explained is an exciting and beautifully designed book that charts the life of our universe from the Big Bang......more
An argument that we have a moral duty to explore other planets and solar systems--because human life on Earth has an exp......more
DISCOVER THE NEW WAY OF THINKING ABOUT OUR UNIVERSE! Intriguing facts that’ll surprise you . . . Did you know? - Some sc......more
DISCOVER THE NEW WAY OF THINKING ABOUT OUR UNIVERSE! Intriguing facts that’ll surprise you . . . Did you know? - Some sc......more
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"Machine Learning for Planetary Science presents planetary scientists with a way to introduce machine learning into the ......more
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A wildly fun and scientifically sound exploration of what alien life must be like Scientists are confident that life exi......more
In May 1961, President Kennedy announced that the United States would attempt to land a man on the moon and return him s......more
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Secrets of the Moon reveals a Moon that is often different from the one we think we know. We typically underestimate its......more
"So you’ve fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, right? You want to witness the birth of a ......more
The history of the space race and the conquest of the Moon is studded with numerous milestones achieved thanks to thousa......more
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"Exceptionally absorbing and thrilling. ... Masterful." --Nature A "magnificent" (Scientific American), genre-defying na......more
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A fascinating account of how the United States established the first global satellite communications system to project g......more
Cross-Scale Coupling and Energy Transfer in the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere System provides a systematic under......more
Nonlinear Wave and Plasma Structures in the Auroral and Subauroral Geospace presents a comprehensive examination of the ......more
This book presents recent results on the modelling of space plasmas with Kappa distributions and their interpretation. H......more
The radical history of space exploration from the Russian Cosmists to Elon Musk Many societies have imagined going to li......more
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Inspired by the vision of the future of humankind in outer space, an international team of technical experts, lawyers an......more
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"The road to hell is paved with good intentions," is a perfect way to describe Roman Michaels, an Air Force pilot with t......more
This volume discusses the emergence of space exploration as a new pivot of the global space economy in the decade of 202......more
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A lavishly illustrated catalog of space technology of the future: lab-tested devices, experiments, and habitats for the ......more
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Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Fourth Edition discusses key topics dealing with the evolution and interaction th......more
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An irresistible new volume of missives about outer space, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections......more
ONE SMALL STEP FOR A ROBOT, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND.FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY, IT’S NOT HUMANS WHO ARE LEADING TH......more
Simone Marchi presents the emerging story of how cosmic collisions shaped both the solar system and our own planet, from......more
Two hundred days orbiting Earth on the International Space Station. Five years working and training with the aerospace c......more
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"The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and other U.S. science research agencies operate a fleet of re......more
Launch into a universe of creativity -- ready for you to color! The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum presents......more
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Biological Experiments in Space: 30 Years Investigating Life in Space Orbit covers investigations of plant, algae, anima......more
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