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By Pat Duggins
University Press of Florida
Paperback (264 pages)
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"Pat Duggins knows of what he writes. Final Countdown is a solid read."--Jay Barbree, NBC's veteran space correspondent and author of the New York Times bestseller Moon Shot The Space Shuttle was once the cornerstone of the U.S. space program. However, each new flight brings us one step closer to the retirement of the shuttle in 2010. Final Countdown is the riveting history of NASA's Space Shuttle program, its missions, and its impending demise. It also examines the plans and early development of the space agency's next major effort: the Orion Crew Exploration Capsule. Journalist Pat Duggins, National Public Radio's resident "space expert," chronicles the planning stages of the shuttle program in the early 1970s, the thrills of the first flight in 1981, construction of the International Space Station in the 1990s, and the decision in the early 2000s to shut it down. As a rookie reporter visiting the Kennedy Space Center hangar to view the Challenger wreckage, Duggins was in a unique position to offer a poignant eyewitness account of NASA's first shuttle disaster. In Final Countdown, he recounts the agency's struggle to rebound after the Challenger and Columbia tragedies, and explores how politics, scientific entrepreneurship, and the human drive for exploration have impacted the program in sometimes unexpected ways. Duggins has covered eighty-six shuttle missions, and his twenty-year working relationship with NASA has given him unprecedented access to personnel. Many spoke openly and frankly with him, including veteran astronaut John Young, who discusses the travails to get the shuttle program off the ground. Young's crewmate, astronaut Bob Crippen, reveals the frustration and loss he felt when his first opportunity to go into space on the first planned space station was taken away. As the shuttle program winds down, more astronauts may face similar disappointments. Final Countdown is a story of lost dreams, new hopes, and the ongoing conquest of space. |
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By World Spaceflight News
Progressive Management
Ring-bound (169 pages)
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FOLLOW THE EXCITEMENT OF THE SPACE SHUTTLE COUNTDOWN WITH THIS STEP-BY-STEP LIST OF PROCEDURES USED BY THE KSC LAUNCH TEAM! World Spaceflight News is proud to reproduce the official NASA Shuttle Countdown Procedures document, covering the critical period from T-6 hours (External Tank loading) through liftoff. In addition, we've included our own exclusive content: an overview of the Launch Control Center Firing Room Console Layout, a comprehensive table listing Console Positions and their associated radio callsigns, and a unique Summary Countdown Timeline spreadsheet printout with calculations for real time, count time, and hold times. For the first time, you'll be able to understand the complexity of procedures involved in launching the Space Shuttle. The Countdown Procedures document also includes an Abort Flow Chart and procedures for handling contingency and abort situations such as an "RSLS abort" safing. A highly detailed flowchart provides milestones for the final minute of the countdown. There is a table listing essential personnel who can remain within the Launch Danger Area, and maps showing controlled areas. You simply won't find this information anywhere else! |
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By NASA
NASA
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Explains the Space Shuttle's origins and early development. Details the debates in the late 1960's and early 1970's among policymakers in Congress, the Air Force, and the Office of Management and Budget over the roles and technical designs of the Shuttle |
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By World Spaceflight News
Progressive Management
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This set combines all four of our Shuttle Astronaut Training Manual CD-ROM titles into one spectacular set, offering a substantial savings over the separate purchase of each title. These electronic books on CD-ROM present official NASA astronaut training manuals; they comprise a major part of the formal flight crew training process and are used by flight controllers as well. The 91 internal NASA manuals reproduced on these four discs are from the Mission Operations Directorate (Space Flight Training Division branch) at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The manuals and workbooks are extremely detailed and comprehensive, and are designed for self-study. Each is heavily illustrated with vivid line drawings, engineering schematics, and other charts and figures. A full listing of all acronyms and abbreviations used in the text is included. They provide a superb way to learn about Shuttle systems, hardware, and operational procedures. Special emphasis on crew interaction with the displays, controls, and hardware is included. Every major and minor system is covered in a dedicated manual - from the main engines and robot arm to the APU/hydraulic system and navigation aids. (Please see the Table of Contents section for a complete listing.) No serious student of the Shuttle should be without these exclusive reproductions. |
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By World Spaceflight News
Progressive Management
CD-ROM (25216 pages)
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This incredible electronic book on two CD-ROMs presents an amazing collection of over 25,000 pages of NASA documents about the Space Shuttle. (That's the equivalent of nearly 300 pounds of standard office paper!) Many of the internal NASA documents in the collection have been made available for the first time by World Spaceflight News. Among the 100 documents in the WSN "superset" collection: 23 Flight Data File Crew Checklists (everything from the Ascent Checklist to the Entry Checklist); 10 JSC Flight Procedures Handbooks (which provide the rationale for the procedures used during flight and included in the FDF); 15 Critical Items List, Hazard Analysis, and safety documents; four of the major volumes of the Shuttle Countdown; the complete Launch Commit Criteria (LCC); All-flights Operational Flight Rules; Shuttle Operational Data Book; ten SFOC JSC Handbooks and Manuals; and the recently issued KSC hurricane threat assessment report which provides unique information about KSC shuttle facilities.. This collection, which takes up over 1.2 gigabytes (GB) of storage on two CD-ROMs, is an unbelievable treasure-trove of facts and figures about the Shuttle! Please see the Table of Contents section for a full list of documents. The documents are reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows 95/98/ME, Windows 3.1, NT, and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD. |
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By World Spaceflight News
Progressive Management
CD-ROM (6238 pages)
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EXCLUSIVE from World Spaceflight News - LEARN ABOUT the SPACE SHUTTLE FROM THE TEXTBOOKS USED BY THE ASTRONAUTS! This electronic book on CD-ROM presents 70 official NASA astronaut training manuals; they comprise a major part of the formal flight crew training process, and are used by flight controllers as well. These internal NASA manuals are produced by the Mission Operations Directorate (Space Flight Training Division branch) at NASA's Johnson Space Center. The manuals and workbooks are extremely detailed and comprehensive, and are designed for self-study. Each is heavily illustrated with vivid line drawings, engineering schematics, and other charts and figures. A full listing of all acronyms and abbreviations used in the text is included. They provide a superb way to learn about Shuttle systems, hardware, and operational procedures. Special emphasis on crew interaction with the displays, controls, and hardware is included. The 70 up-to-date manuals on this CD contain an incredible 6200 pages of great material! Major areas covered include: MAJOR ORBITER SYSTEMS - APU/hydraulic, ECLSS, GNC/IMU/navigation, PDRS (RMS mechanical arm), communications and audio, Main Propulsion System (thrust vector control and operations users guide), mechanical systems, OMS, Data Processing System/computers, digital autopilot, CCTV, caution and warning, crew systems equipment, crew escape, FCS/effectors, telemetry, food systems, Ku-band, star tracker/COAS, lighting, location coding, air data. ABORT AND ASCENT PROCEDURES - Abort to orbit (ATO), abort once around (AOA), trans-atlantic landing (TAL), contingency abort, return to launch site (RTLS) abort, range safety, abort region determinator (ARD) RELATED SUBJECTS - Orbital Mechanics, Autoland system, EVA post/prep, Shuttle Mission Simulator, IUS, TDRSS, trajectory and orbit determination software, rendezvous-proximity operations, Shuttle Training Aircraft Flight Manual, Technical Language Handbook. Please see the Table of Contents section for a list of the titles. The documents are reproduced using Adobe Acrobat PDF software - allowing direct viewing on Windows 95/98, Windows 3.1, NT, and Apple Macintosh systems. Reader software is included on the CD. |
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By NASA
NASA
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By Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center National Aeronautics and Space Administration
GPO, Washington, DC
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By National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA c. 1988, Washington, DC
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By ARP Videos
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