NASA Space Shuttle: 1981 Onwards (All Models: Owners' Workshop Manual

Baker, David

ISBN 10: 0760340765 / ISBN 13: 9780760340769

Published by Zenith Press/ MBI Publishing Company, Minneapolis MN, 2011

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An Insight into the design, Construction, and Operation of the NASA Space Shuttle.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: NASA Space Shuttle: 1981 Onwards (All Models: Owners' Workshop Manual
• Publisher: Zenith Press/ MBI Publishing Company, Minneapolis MN
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0760340765
• ISBN 13: 9780760340769
• Binding: Illustrated Boards
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

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. David Baker describes the origin of the reusable launch vehicle concept during the 1960s, its evolution into a viable flying machine in the early 1970s, and its subsequent design, engineering, construction, and operation. The Shuttle’s internal layout and systems are explained, including the operation of life support, electrical-power production, cooling, propulsion, flight control, communications, landing, and avionics systems.

About the Author

Dr. David Baker worked with NASA on the Gemini, Apollo and Shuttle programmes between 1965 and 1990. He has written more than 80 books on spaceflight technology and is the author of the Haynes NASA Space Shuttle Manual, International Space Station Manual, NASA Mars Rovers Manual, Apollo 13 Manual, Soyuz Manual, Rocket Manual and forthcoming Hubble Space Telescope Manual. He lives in East Sussex.