國立高雄大學圖資館 |

Language: English

Back

The Spacelab storyscience aboard the shuttle /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The Spacelab storyby Ben Evans.
Reminder of title:	science aboard the shuttle /
Author:	Evans, Ben.
Published:	Cham :Springer International Publishing :2024.
Description:	xxii, 433 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm.
Contained By:	Springer Nature eBook
Subject:	Outer spaceResearch
Subject:	Space shuttles.
Online resource:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53449-2
ISBN:	9783031534492$q(electronic bk.)

The Spacelab storyscience aboard the shuttle /
Evans, Ben.

The Spacelab storyscience aboard the shuttle /[electronic resource] :by Ben Evans. - Cham :Springer International Publishing :2024. - xxii, 433 p. :ill. (some col.), digital ;24 cm. - Space exploration,2731-541X. - Space exploration..

Chapter 1. Unequal partners -- Chapter 2. A difficult path to First Flights -- Chapter 3. Verification Flight Test One -- Chapter 4. Verification Flight Test Two -- Chapter 5. Of monkeys, mice and men -- Chapter 6. Deutschland-Eins -- Chapter 7. Stargazers -- Chapter 8. Earthgazers -- Chapter 9. X-SAR-Crossed Lovers -- Chapter 10. Mission for Japan -- Chapter 11. Mission for Italy -- Chapter 12. In the absence of gravitas -- Chapter 13. The human factor.

Between 1983 and 1998, Spacelab provided NASA with a vital short-term laboratory in space. Across more than a dozen missions, Spacelab's pressurized research modules and science pallets supported hundreds of experiments from the life to microgravity sciences, from Earth science to astrophysics and from materials processing to fluid dynamics. For the first time, The Spacelab Story sheds light on all the Spacelab missions that served as pathfinders for the eventual International Space Station, along with all the flights that never came to be. The book chronicles over two decades of service and international partnership with Germany, Japan, Canada, Russia, the member-states of the European Space Agency and others. The very same international co-operation that led to Spacelab's genesis also conspired to create its end. Science writer Ben Evans chronicles this tumultuous history, showing how, as tensions between the superpowers cooled in the 1990s and the Shuttle came to be increasingly used to fly joint missions to Mir, many Spacelab missions were delayed and eventually cancelled. This book is a must-read for anybody interested in the science conducted aboard the Shuttle, the experimental precursors of the ISS, and the international politics surrounding NASA's pioneering space endeavors.

ISBN: 9783031534492$q(electronic bk.)

Standard No.: 10.1007/978-3-031-53449-2doiSubjects--Corporate Names:

920192
Spacelab Program
--History.Subjects--Topical Terms:

978368
Outer space
--ResearchSubjects--Geographical Terms:

978367
Space shuttles.

LC Class. No.: QB500.264

Dewey Class. No.: 520.9

The Spacelab storyscience aboard the shuttle /
LDR:02780nmm a22003375a 4500 001 665516
003 DE-He213
005 20240424130403.0
006 m d
007 cr nn 008maaau
008 241219s2024 sz s 0 eng d
020 $a 9783031534492$q(electronic bk.)
020 $a 9783031534485$q(paper)
024 7 $a 10.1007/978-3-031-53449-2 $2 doi
035 $a 978-3-031-53449-2
040 $a GP $c GP
041 0 $a eng
050 4 $a QB500.264
072 7 $a TTD $2 bicssc
072 7 $a SCI098000 $2 bisacsh
072 7 $a TTD $2 thema
082 0 4 $a 520.9 $2 23
090 $a QB500.264 $b .E92 2024
100 1 $a Evans, Ben. $3 278138
245 1 4 $a The Spacelab story $h [electronic resource] : $b science aboard the shuttle / $c by Ben Evans.
260 $a Cham : $b Springer International Publishing : $b Imprint: Springer, $c 2024.
300 $a xxii, 433 p. : $b ill. (some col.), digital ; $c 24 cm.
490 1 $a Space exploration, $x 2731-541X
505 0 $a Chapter 1. Unequal partners -- Chapter 2. A difficult path to First Flights -- Chapter 3. Verification Flight Test One -- Chapter 4. Verification Flight Test Two -- Chapter 5. Of monkeys, mice and men -- Chapter 6. Deutschland-Eins -- Chapter 7. Stargazers -- Chapter 8. Earthgazers -- Chapter 9. X-SAR-Crossed Lovers -- Chapter 10. Mission for Japan -- Chapter 11. Mission for Italy -- Chapter 12. In the absence of gravitas -- Chapter 13. The human factor.
520 $a Between 1983 and 1998, Spacelab provided NASA with a vital short-term laboratory in space. Across more than a dozen missions, Spacelab's pressurized research modules and science pallets supported hundreds of experiments from the life to microgravity sciences, from Earth science to astrophysics and from materials processing to fluid dynamics. For the first time, The Spacelab Story sheds light on all the Spacelab missions that served as pathfinders for the eventual International Space Station, along with all the flights that never came to be. The book chronicles over two decades of service and international partnership with Germany, Japan, Canada, Russia, the member-states of the European Space Agency and others. The very same international co-operation that led to Spacelab's genesis also conspired to create its end. Science writer Ben Evans chronicles this tumultuous history, showing how, as tensions between the superpowers cooled in the 1990s and the Shuttle came to be increasingly used to fly joint missions to Mir, many Spacelab missions were delayed and eventually cancelled. This book is a must-read for anybody interested in the science conducted aboard the Shuttle, the experimental precursors of the ISS, and the international politics surrounding NASA's pioneering space endeavors.
610 2 0 $a Spacelab Program $x History. $3 920192
650 0 $a Outer space $x Research $x History. $3 978368
650 0 $a Astronautics $x International cooperation $x History. $3 891621
650 1 4 $a Space Exploration and Astronautics. $3 274038
650 2 4 $a Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. $3 309707
650 2 4 $a History of Science. $3 212526
651 0 $a Space shuttles. $3 978367
710 2 $a SpringerLink (Online service) $3 273601
773 0 $t Springer Nature eBook
830 0 $a Space exploration. $3 823523
856 4 0 $u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53449-2
950 $a Physics and Astronomy (SpringerNature-11651)