This book is by far the best technical history of the space shuttle, presenting an overview of the vehicles development and use. Since nasas creation in the 1950s, its history has followed a course that calls to mind. Best spaceflight and space history books to read in 2019 space. The first 100 missions is one of the most amazing technical. Celebrating 30 years of the space shuttle program u. Here you will have all the services you need at your doorstep with pools and. A thematic arrangement of material concerning the shuttle will. Volume two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, programmanagement. History, space shuttles united states design and construction history, reusable space vehicles design and construction history publisher cape canaveral, fla. This book is an incredibly detailed exploration of history of the development of the space transportation system aka space shuttle. The history and legacy of the space shuttle government. The pattaya village hotels has over 1,200 rooms spread across several buildings, all with their own design and charm. Therefore, the history of the american space shuttle is the cheapest comprehensive book on the space shuttle by jenkins itself, covering the design and development of the space shuttle, descriptions of the space shuttles enterprise, endeavour, discovery, atlantis, challenger, and columbia, launch sites for the space shuttle, and all the missions conducted by the space shuttle.
It has a complete history from the very first thinkings of a winged reusable aerospace plane to the time of the 100th space shuttle mission conducted in october 2000. Best spaceflight and space history books to read in 2019. Jul 01, 2011 space shuttle columbia lifts off from kennedy space center, on april 12, 1981. Celebrating thirty years of nasa s first space plane. Get the latest updates on nasa missions, watch nasa tv live, and learn about our quest to reveal the unknown and benefit all humankind. Space shuttle endeavour began service after the space shuttle challenger exploded shortly after lifting off in 1986. Space shuttle the history of developing the national. Heppenheimer is an excellent historical account of the political decision to build the shuttle. As the space shuttle returns to flight for what will probably be its final series of missions, this book provides a comprehensive 400 pages history of this workhouse of the american space programme. Recommend me some books about the us space shuttle program. Book recommendation is there any book out there which gives a overall history of the space shuttle program.
With one hundred fullcolor photographs by roger ressmeyer and others and with text by popular astronomy writer phil harrington, the space shuttle. Therefore, the history of the american space shuttle is the cheapest comprehensive book on the space shuttle by jenkins itself, covering the design and development of the space shuttle, descriptions of the space shuttles enterprise, endeavour, discovery, atlantis, challenger, and columbia, launch sites for the space shuttle. Heppenheimer has produced the second volume of his definitive history of the space shuttle. Jun 28, 2011 nasas space shuttle program officially began in 1972, but its roots go all the way back to a nazi concept vehicle from the 1930s. History of the space shuttle, volume 1 smithsonian books, 2002 and countdown. Springerpraxis, 2004, is another solid account of the origins and development. And since its first launch in 1981, the shuttle has proved to be the dependable, versatile and reusable workhorse it was designed to be, delivering hundreds of tons of payloads into orbit, rescuing and repairing damaged satellites, and helping to build and supply the international space station. This illustrated book marks a special moment in history. The space shuttle at work nasa sp432ep156, 1979 this relatively short publication provides some excellent basic information on the shuttle. The history of the american space shuttle by dennis r.
An insight into the design, construction and operation of the nasa space shuttle by david baker april 2011 designed between 1969 and 1972 and first flown into space in 1981, the nasa shuttle will have flown almost 140 missions by the time it is retired in 2011. The books provide accurate, historical accounts of subjects of interest. Space shuttle endeavour enters history books after. Best spaceflight and space history books apollos legacy. A tribute to everything accomplished during nasas space shuttle programs 30 years of operation, this colorful book is chockfull of stunning color photography and interesting facts of every shuttle mission and its crews, from deploying the hubble telescope to the inspirational sally ride, the first american woman in space. The program eventually saw just one unmanned flight in november 1988 before the end of the cold war and the collapse of the soviet union sealed its fate. Jun 17, 2004 its probably next to impossible to write so detailed an account of the space shuttle s history without drowning it in acronyms and minutiae, and the book doesnt even try. The history of the national space transportation system. Sts4, the final mission of space shuttle endeavour. By the time president nixon made the 1972 decision to proceed with space shuttle development, most major aspects of its design had been set. Similar on the lines of a man on the moon which covers entire history and all missions of the apollo program.
The book provides a retrospective of all 4 space shuttle missions, including the shuttle s final flight. This is an annotated bibliography of historical books, articles, and studies about the space shuttle, originally published in 1992. Nov 08, 2018 da nang airport is the third busiest airport in the country and a massive transport hub in vietnam. He was the director of the space shuttle solid rocket motor project at the time of the challenger accident and, later, vice president of engineering for space operations during the redesign and requalification of the solid rocket motors. I previously read some of dennis jenkins previous books on the space shuttle and its history, but his most recent book on the sts system, titled space shuttle. Rather, the program emerged over time in increments while nasa was simultaneously completing work on the saturn v and launching the apollo astronauts to the moon and back. Space station history pdf july 1999 4k a history of u. Celebrating thirty years of nasas first space plane. Testing of space shuttle orbital maneuvering system oms engine technology and prototype engines began in 1973, and candidate oms engines from four manufacturers were tested at our facility to select the engine manufacturer and define baseline data in the official oms engine design. Commemorating nasas space shuttle and the memories of the men and women who put them into space for more than 30 years. And since its first launch in 1981, the shuttle has proved to be the dependable, versatile and reusable workhorse it was designed to be, delivering hundreds of tons of payloads. Theres no better compendium for details on the processes that created the space shuttle program, though their may be a few less boringly written. The shuttle was sold on the promise that it would reduce the cost of getting into low earth orbit and we could do it routinely, as often as once a week. The book begins with a history of some pioneering work by germans in wwii and follows the history of the development of the concept of the shuttle, how contracts were awarded to aerospace firms, and how the actual shuttle was built.
Heppenheimer looks back at the shuttles technical antecedents such as the x15 rocket plane and rocket booster technologies, and illuminates the principal personalities involved in the. Study of solid rocket motors for a space shuttle booster. But it is also the story of how a creature of compromise designed by various political entities in washington each with their own priorities and prerogatives, came to. This book includes a short biography of each of the shuttle challenger astronauts and a briefer biography of the members of the rogers commission.
Chapter two developing the space shuttle nasa history division. With its delta wing orbiter, twin solid rocket boosters a. Its strongest at the beginning and the end, when its using relatively broad strokes to describe the shuttle s development and a mid2000s vision of its future and legacy. The space shuttle external tank et carried the propellant for the space shuttle main engines, and connected the orbiter vehicle with the solid rocket boosters. Scientific and engineering legacies of the space shuttle. Picturing the space shuttle university press of florida. The first 100 missions is one of the most amazing technical books on space vehicles ever printed. Toward a history of the space shuttle, part 2 nasa. Certain items were not allowed on the space shuttle. The rise and fall of the space shuttle american scientist.
This publication documents lists key articles, books, and hearings published on the shuttle from 19922011. The few booklength treatments of its overall history are limited to publications for a popular audience. The boldest test flight in history all ages relive the historic first flight of the space shuttle through video, a photo gallery and downloads for your desktop. Located just two kilometres from da nangs bustling city centre, 35 kilometres north of picturesque hoi an, and 93 kilometres south of hue. Jenkins offers a comprehensive and engaging story of the development of the us space shuttle, its operational characteristics, and the work done during its first 100 missions. Developing an icon 197220, was so outrageously expensive that many people, myself included, bother purchasing it, even though the first volume of that book describes in part the early development of the space shuttle. Nasas search for a reusable space vehicle nasa sp4221 by t. Volume two traces the development of the shuttle through a decade of engineering setbacks and breakthroughs, programmanagement challenges, and political strategizing, culminating in the first launch in april 1981. The space shuttle all ages click on the space shuttle to learn facts and see how it worked. Jun 12, 2017 the first, the space shuttle decision, 19651972 history of the space shuttle, volume 1 washington, dc. The space shuttle was a partially reusable low earth orbital spacecraft system operated from. Throughout the long history of the space shuttle concept, numerous books, studies, reports, and articles have been written.
The best space books five books expert recommendations. The space shuttle was created as much by political forces as by engineering. It begins with a discussion of the origins of the goal of winged spaceflight in the 1920s, extends through the dyna soar, lifting body, and xplane research until the decision to proceed with the space shuttle in 1972. The first mission of the space transport system sts1 or space shuttle, flew on april 12, 1981, ending a long hiatus in american space flight. Nov 08, 2020 the space shuttle was developed by nasa as a partially reusable low earth orbital spacecraft. Development of the space shuttle, 19721981 history of. The pattaya village hotels are situated in pratamnak hill, the beverly hills of pattaya, in the middle of bustling pattaya, family friendly jomtien, the beach and the famous viewpoint at buddha hill. This book has been totally revised and updated since it was last published in 1996.
Basing his work on virtually untapped nasa archives, t. Although an old book measured in time, this book is still current and one of the most accurate books on the space shuttle. See more ideas about da nang, vietnam war, vietnam. The book provides a retrospective of all 4 space shuttle missions, including the shuttles final flight. Art by adam hook from the 2007 osprey elite book, vietnam airmobile tactics by uber light infantry footslogger narcissist and false history disinformation propagandist, gordon rottman, we ignore his faulty text for the most part in all his books with his antimechanized force prejudice, whoever is supposed to do the factchecking, isnt. This description may be from another edition of this product. But costs were still high, and the shuttle never did make space flight routine. Exhaustive history of the space shuttle program, from the politics to the engineering. A photographic history tells the fascinating and inspiring story of the space shuttle program from 1972 to 2003. The history of the national space transportation system the first 100 missions. Wheels stop, by rick houston from university of nebraska press. The shuttle program will end when atlantis touches down next. This selective, annotated bibliography discusses those works judged to be most essential for researchers writing scholarly studies on the space shuttles history. This history chronicles the development of reusable spacecraft, including the full and fascinating history of space shuttle flights and all developmental and experimental craft.
Space shuttle the history of developing the national space transportation system the beginning through sts75. Harland, the story of the space shuttle chicester, uk. Commander john young and pilot robert crippen were onboard sts1, the first orbital flight of the space shuttle program. But it is also the story of how a creature of compromise designed by various political entities in washington each with their own priorities and prerogatives, came to fruition.
They stand on their own as great introductions to a su insightful like most of the charles river collection this overview of the challenger disaster and investigation is an informative introduction to a piece of history. Heppenheimer looks back at the shuttle s technical antecedents such as the x15 rocket plane and rocket booster technologies, and illuminates the principal personalities involved in the space shuttle decision and their motivations. Mcdonald retired as vice president and technical director for advanced technology programs at atk thiokol propulsion in 2001. Picturing the space shuttle is the first photographic history of the programs early years as the worlds first space plane debuted. The book provides a retrospective of all 4 space shuttle missions, including the. This is a volume consisting of scholarship on the current state of the discipline of space history presented in a joint nasa and nasm conference in 2005. I really enjoyed the setup but there are large amount of sentences writings descriptions on the wall explaining the space missions which i didnt fully read and i didnt have enough patience. Space stations is199706iss009jsc historical information about the us work with space stations from skylab in the 1970s to the inception of the international space station. Tellingly, 5 of the books chapters are about the challenger and c. May 21, 2019 best spaceflight and space history books the space shuttle endeavour glides back to earth on jan. The nasa space shuttle program was designed as a way to send nasa astronauts into space at a lower cost than prior programs, because for the first time the space shuttle and its solid rocket boosters srbs could be reused.
The history of the space shuttle takes you on a unique journey through the triumphs and tragedy of the shuttle program, from the earliest design and testing to the historic final launch. Perspectives on the moon landings by roger launius lasers, death rays, and. The last apollo lunar mission flew in december 1972, and the joint american russian apollosoyuz earth orbital mission closed in july 1975. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The history of the space shuttle by whitman publishing. In the decades after the apollo program, american space shuttles flew over missions and successfully completed over 98 percent of them, but unfortunately. The history of developing the national space transportation system hardcover july 1, 1996. Tellingly, 5 of the books chapters are about the challenger and columbia. Photo book honors nasas space shuttle program space. Aug 01, 1996 this history chronicles the development of reusable spacecraft, including the full and fascinating history of space shuttle flights and all developmental and experimental craft. Sep 18, 2019 da nang city skyline is growing fast but there is plenty of space for future development best time to visit da nang if you are an active traveller looking into anything from beaching to trekking, then february to april is the best travel time for you.
The history of the national space transportation system the first 100 missions hardcover may 11, 2001. At a fundamental level, this book is a basic history of the development of the space shuttle between the point of approval in 1972 and first flight in 1981. Heppenheimer is the author of seven books including the space shuttle decision, 19651972. Very informative about space missions, nasa, history of human space invasion, some space objects such as rocks, meteors, space suit are on display. The history and legacy of nasas most notorious tragedy was very informative. The amount of historical, technical, and operational information packed into these couple hundred pages is amazing.
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