03038nam 2200661 a 450 991030038850332120200520144314.09781461409830146140983710.1007/978-1-4614-0983-0(CKB)2670000000421466(EBL)1398392(SSID)ssj0000988307(PQKBManifestationID)11575711(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000988307(PQKBWorkID)10951516(PQKB)10310024(MiAaPQ)EBC1398392(DE-He213)978-1-4614-0983-0(PPN)172418321(EXLCZ)99267000000042146620120727d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTo orbit and back again how the space shuttle flew in space /Davide Sivolella1st ed. 2014.New York Springer20141 online resource (523 p.)Springer-Praxis books in space explorationDescription based upon print version of record.9781461409823 1461409829 Includes bibliographical references and index.Part 1: The Machine from A to Z -- Introduction -- Structure -- Main Propulsion System -- Solid Rocket Booster -- Orbital Maneuvering System and Reaction Control System -- Cargo Bay and Payload -- Electrical and Environmental Control Life Support -- Thermal Protection System -- Living On Board -- Part 2: Flying the Machine -- Ascent -- Orbital Flight -- Re-entry and Landing.The question may be simple, but the answer is not as easy to give. This book describes the structures and systems used each time the Shuttle was launched, and then follows an imaginary mission, explaining how those structures and systems were used in orbital operations and the return to Earth. Details of how anomalous events were dealt with on individual missions are also provided, as are the recollections of those who built and flew the Shuttle. Highly illustrated with many diagrams, photographs and technical drawings, To Orbit and Back Again • focuses on the engineering aspects of the Shuttle • describes the systems and subsystems in clear, non-technical terms • brings to the fore the design work behind the Space Shuttle and the mission itself.    .Space ExplorationSpace shuttlesAstronauticsReusable space vehiclesSpace flightAblation (Aerothermodynamics)Space shuttles.Astronautics.Reusable space vehicles.Space flight.Ablation (Aerothermodynamics)629.441Sivolella Davide791293MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910300388503321To Orbit and Back Again2508507UNINA