Overview
- Presents a full, in depth, story of the Space Shuttle's mission technology
- Easily accessible resource, with bibliographic references, for each shuttle mission in a single volume
- Commemorates the Space Shuttle's role in orbital research as a precursor to the laboratories developed on the ISS
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)
Part of the book sub series: Space Exploration (SPACEE)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Sivolella traces the various improvements and modifications made to the shuttle over the years as part of each mission story. Technically accurate but with a pleasing narrative style and simple explanations of complex engineering concepts, the book provides details of many lesser known concepts, some developed but never flown, and commemorates the ingenuity of NASA and its partners in making each Space Shuttle mission push the boundaries of what we can accomplish in space.
Using press kits, original papers, newspaper and magazine articles, memoirs and interviews, this book provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive account available of the shuttle’s many missions and will refocus interest on a remarkable flying machine and space program that is often pushed to the background.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Davide Sivolella has a Bachelor and Master degree in Aerospace Engineering earned by studying at Politecnico di Torino (Italy), providing him with a strong technological and engineering background. He has already written ‘TO ORBIT AND BACK AGAIN: How the Space Shuttle Flew in Space’ which published in the Springer – Praxis Space Exploration Series in 2013.
After graduation, he started working in the civil maintenance aviation industry for airliners in UK as a specialist in aircraft structural repairs. He has been working in this role for several years and in this time frame has developed a practical understanding of the maintenance aircraft and airline operations that has added to his knowledge and technical background.
In his spare time he has increased his knowledge about astronautics by reading numerous books and magazines and keeping himself updated with the latest news from the space industry.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Space Shuttle Program
Book Subtitle: Technologies and Accomplishments
Authors: Davide Sivolella
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54946-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-54944-6Published: 26 June 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54946-0Published: 09 June 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 360
Number of Illustrations: 94 b/w illustrations, 59 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Popular Science, general, Engineering Design