astronautics

Profiles some of the women, including two Russians, who have had important roles in space exploration and provides a brief history of the U.S. space program.

Offers a comprehensive overview of NASA's Space Shuttle program, profiling its major, and tragic, missions, and explaining why the program is experiencing a rapid demise at the start of the twenty-first century.

Presents a collection of twenty-two essays dealing with the value of space exploration and includes topics on early space flight and technology, the formation of NASA and significance of the Apollo program, the Mir Space Station and the Challenger disaster, and more.

Chronicles the events and developments leading up to the Soviets' launch of Sputnik I and discusses how the launch affected the shape of the twentieth century.

Illustrated exploration of the history and technology of spaceflight providing an introduction to orbits and rockets, a look at orbital mechanics, a discussion of how to perform space maneuvers, the stories of the race to the moon and the space shuttle, and an overview of future missions to Mars and other planets.

Discusses NASA's triumphs and the challenges of aerospace travel to mankind.

Describes the advances in space travel that have been made since 1957, tells of successes and failures, and attempts to predict the direction that future space flight and space settlement efforts may take.

Debates the space exploration issues of proper goals of space exploration, which programs should be pursued, the elimination of NASA, and the appropriateness of using space for warfare.

Photographs and simple text describe the work that astronauts and astronomers do, the tools and equipment they use, living and working in space, and the experiments they perform.

Describes rockets, exploratory vehicles, and other technological aspects of space exploration, satellites, space stations, and the life and work of astronauts.