This book explains how the achievements of the Space Shuttle, the
world’s first reusable manned spacecraft, were built on the
foundation of countless technical challenges. Through thick and thin,
the Space Shuttle remained the centerpiece of the American human
spaceflight program for three decades. In addition to deploying
satellites, planetary probes and, of course, the Hubble Space
Telescope, it delivered astronauts to the Mir space station and
assembled and sustained the International Space Station. Yet the path
to these incredible achievements was never an easy one, with some
obstacles resulting in the loss of life and other major consequences
that plagued the fleet throughout its operational career. The book
adopts a challenge-by-challenge approach, focusing on specific
difficulties and how (if at all) they were fully overcome. Going
beyond the technical issues, it relates the human stories of each
incident and how changes were effected in order to make theshuttle an
exceptionally safer – though still experimental – flying machine.
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ISBN
9783030707774
Publisert
2021
Utgiver
Vendor
Springer
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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