LEADER 03652nam 22006135 450 001 9910851989103321 005 20250807132238.0 010 $a9783031534492 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-53449-2 035 $a(CKB)31801402100041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31305377 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31305377 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-53449-2 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31574230 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31574230 035 $a(EXLCZ)9931801402100041 100 $a20240424d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Spacelab Story $eScience Aboard the Shuttle /$fby Ben Evans 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (450 pages) 225 1 $aSpace Exploration,$x2731-541X 311 08$a9783031534485 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aChapter 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. 330 $aBetween 1983 and 1998, Spacelab provided NASA with a vital short-term laboratory in space. Across more than a dozen missions, Spacelab?s pressurized research modules and science pallets supported hundreds of experiments from the life to microgravity sciences, from Earth science to astrophysics and from materials processing to fluid dynamics. For the first time, The Spacelab Story sheds light on all the Spacelab missions that served as pathfinders for the eventual International Space Station, along with all the flights that never came to be. The book chronicles over two decades of service and international partnership with Germany, Japan, Canada, Russia, the member-states of the European Space Agency and others. The very same international co-operation that led to Spacelab?s genesis also conspired to create its end. Science writer Ben Evans chronicles this tumultuous history, showing how, as tensions between the superpowers cooled in the 1990s and the Shuttle came to be increasingly used to fly joint missions to Mir, many Spacelab missions were delayed and eventually cancelled. This book is a must-read for anybody interested in the science conducted aboard the Shuttle, the experimental precursors of the ISS, and the international politics surrounding NASA?s pioneering space endeavors. 410 0$aSpace Exploration,$x2731-541X 606 $aOuter space$xExploration 606 $aAstronautics 606 $aAerospace engineering 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aSpace Exploration and Astronautics 606 $aAerospace Technology and Astronautics 606 $aHistory of Science 615 0$aOuter space$xExploration. 615 0$aAstronautics. 615 0$aAerospace engineering. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 14$aSpace Exploration and Astronautics. 615 24$aAerospace Technology and Astronautics. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a629.441 700 $aEvans$b Ben$f1895-1988,$01846334 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910851989103321 996 $aThe Spacelab Story$94430625 997 $aUNINA