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Human Spaceflight and Exploration

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Carol Norberg

    1. Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden

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  • Uniquely covers the technical and political decision-making processes involved in projects since 1970
  • Presents a historical overview of human spaceflight
  • Provides unique insight into what it means to be an astronaut
  • Shows the selection strategy for making a spaceflight

Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxx
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  2. Introduction

    • Carol Norberg
    Pages 1-9

  3. History of human spaceflight

    • Sven Grahn, Carol Norberg
    Pages 11-63

  4. The space environment

    • Carol Norberg
    Pages 65-119

  5. Space exploration

    • Carol Norberg
    Pages 121-160

  6. Life support systems

    • Åke Ingemar Skoog, Carol Norberg
    Pages 161-207

  7. Space suits

    • Åke Ingemar Skoog, Carol Norberg
    Pages 209-253

  8. Astronaut selection and training

    • Hansulrich Steimle, Carol Norberg
    Pages 255-294

  9. A new image of Earth: The flight of European astronaut Gerhard Thiele on STS-99 in 2000

    • Gerhard Thiele, Carol Norberg
    Pages 295-324

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 325-331
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The book presents a unique overview of activities in human spaceflight and exploration and a discussion of future development possibilities. It provides an introduction for the general public interested in space and would also be suitable for students at university. The book includes the basics of the space environment and the effects of space travel on the human body. It leads through the challenges of designing life support systems for spacecraft as wells as space suits to protect astronauts during extravehicular activities. Research being carried out by humans in Earth orbit is being brought into context to other forms of space exploration. Between the end of 2007 and May 2009 ESA, the European Space Agency, carried out an astronaut recruitment process. It was the first time that astronauts had been recruited newly to the corps since its creation in 1998 and the positions were open to citizens of all of the member states of ESA. Two of the contributors to this book participated in the selection process and hence contribute to a general discussion of how one carries out such a selection programme. The book concludes with one person’s experience of flying aboard the space shuttle on a mission to map planet Earth, bringing together topics taken up in earlier parts of the book.

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  • Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden

    Carol Norberg

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