Astronautics

Landing gear provides an intriguing and compelling challenge, combining many fields of science and engineering. Designed to guide the interested re...

As commercial and military spacecraft become more important to the world's economy and defense, and as new scientific and exploratory missions are ...

Are super powers possible? Scientists are researching their possibilities and nature has many examples to offer. This high-interest series explor...

Whats it like to travel at more than 850 MPH, riding in a supersonic T-38 twin turbojet engine airplane? What happens when the space station toilet...

This work introduces the important emerging space powers of the world. Brian Harvey describes the origins of the Japanese space program, from rocke...

*An instant New York Times Bestseller*'One of the most exciting tales of our time... It's the next tech frontier, and Vance turns it into a thrille...

From the beginning of the space age, scientists and engineers have worked on systems to help humans survive for the astounding 28,500 days (78 year...

This book presents the astonishing potential of deep sensorimotor policies for agile vision-based quadrotor flight. Quadrotors are among the most a...

th th Mars, the Red Planet, fourth planet from the Sun, forever linked with 19 and 20 Century fantasy of a bellicose, intelligent Martian civilizat...

Today's astronauts require many different abilities. They must not only be expert in performing flight simulations but must also be proficient in s...

This compelling story of exploration charts and celebrates humankind in space, from Sputnik's launch in 1957 through the Apollo Moon landings and t...

Additive manufacturing has the potential to positively affect human spaceflight operations by enabling the in-orbit manufacture of replacement part...

This book gives an account, as little biased as possible, on human space missions beyond low Earth orbit in general, and specifically to the planet...