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Missile and space ground support operations. Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, second session. January 25, 26, and 27, 1966. by United States.Congress.House.Committee on Government Operations.Military Operations Subcommittee.(CARDINAL)280292;

Subjects: Ground support systems (Astronautics); Astronautics;

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Mission control / by Shearer, Deborah A.(CARDINAL)661822; Gerard, James.(CARDINAL)682077;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Describes the role of NASA engineers, technicians, and other specialists who stay on the ground in Houston, Texas, supporting astronauts as they journey on the space shuttle.Accelerated Reader AR

Subjects: Accelerated reader.; Space shuttles; Ground support systems (Astronautics);

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Failure is not an option [large print] mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond / by Kranz, Gene.(CARDINAL)701342;

Subjects: Large print books.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.; Ground support systems (Astronautics); Manned space flight;

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Failure is not an option : mission control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and beyond / by Kranz, Gene.(CARDINAL)701342;

Includes index.

Subjects: Kranz, Gene; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.; Astronautics; Ground support systems (Astronautics); Manned space eningeering; Manned space flight;

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Beyond Earth : our path to a new home in the planets / by Wohlforth, Charles,1963-author.(CARDINAL)433362; Hendrix, Amanda R.,author.(CARDINAL)413647;

"From a leading planetary scientist and an award-winning science writer, a propulsive account of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the dream of space colonization into something that may well be achievable. We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly more entrepreneurs--Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos--are seduced by the commercial potential of human access to space. But Beyond Earth does not offer another wide-eyed technology fantasy: instead, it is grounded not only in the human capacity for invention and the appeal of adventure but also in the bureaucratic, political, and scientific realities that present obstacles to space travel--realities that have hampered NASA'S efforts ever since the Challenger disaster. In Beyond Earth, Charles Wohlforth and Amanda R. Hendrix offer groundbreaking research and argue persuasively that not Mars, but Titan--a moon of Saturn with a nitrogen atmosphere, a weather cycle, and an inexhaustible supply of cheap energy, where we will even be able to fly like birds in the minimal gravitational field--offers the most realistic and thrilling prospect of life without support from Earth."--Dust jacket.Presents a chronicle of the developments and initiatives that have transformed the idea of space colonization into an achievable goal, sharing arguments in favor of targeting Saturn's moon, Titan.

Subjects: Astronautics.; Manned space flight.; Space flight; Space flight;

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Promise denied : NASA's X-34 and the quest for cheap, reusable access to space / by Larrimer, Bruce I.,author.(CARDINAL)856691; United States.National Aeronautics and Space Administration,issuing body.(CARDINAL)137327;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-372) and index."Between 1992 and 1996, the American aerospace community vigorously explored the development of a post-Space Shuttle reusable space transportation system for the United States. This activity included studies by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), scientific foundations, and the aerospace industry. Likewise, both the executive branch of the government, through the issuance of a White House Policy Space Transportation Directive, and the legislative branch, though the holding of congressional hearings and budget allocations to NASA and the Department of Defense, were deeply involved in the decision-making process. The new policy direction was aimed toward reestablishing the Unites States' competitiveness in the space launch vehicle development and launch area and in transferring much of this activity to the U.S. aerospace industry. These developments served as the prelude to NASA's single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO), reusable launch vehicle (RLV) program that included the development of three technology test bed vehicles. The first of these vehicles was the DC-XA Clipper Graham, which actually was an upgrade to the original DC-X (Delta-Clipper Experimental) developed by McDonnell Douglas for the Department of Defense and subsequently transferred to NASA at the start of the Agency's single-stage-to-orbit program. The DC-XA Clipper Graham was followed by the X-33, which was intended to serve as a test bed vehicle for the subsequent development of a full-size reusable single-stage-to-orbit vehicle, and the X-34, which was intended as a technology test bed vehicle to demonstrate low-cost reusability and to conduct flight experiments. These were all promising concepts, and prospects for developing a cheap, robust, reusable space lift system to supplant the already aging Space Shuttle seemed assured. But within a decade, such hopes had been dashed-all the more frustrating to program proponents and participants, who had contributed some remarkably creative engineering to support the bold conceptual visions underpinning each of these programs. This book examines arguably the most elegant and promising of all of these, the NASA-Orbital Sciences X-34 Technology Testbed Demonstrator program, one ranking high on any list of the best research aircraft never flown"Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- NASA and the Post-Cold War Launch Vehicle Challenge -- Three Pathways to Space -- The "First" X-34 : A Prequel -- Orbital Gets a Second Chance -- Designing and Building the X-3 -- Aerodynamics Modeling, Testing, and Thermal Protection -- The Fastrac Engine : Heart of the X-34 Program -- Captive-Carry, Ground Tow, and Planned Powered Testing -- Whither X-34? -- Hammer Fall : The Termination of the X-34 Program -- Appendix 1. X-34 Proposed 25-Flight Envelope Expansion Program -- Appendix 2. Fastrac/MC-1 Engine and X-34 Main Propulsion System -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Bibliography -- About the Author -- Index.

Subjects: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Orbital Sciences Corporation.; X-34 (Research plane); X-33 (Research plane); Research aircraft; Rocket planes; Reusable space vehicles; Launch vehicles (Astronautics);

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