From Engineering Science to Big Science
Title | From Engineering Science to Big Science PDF eBook |
Author | Pamela Etter Mack |
Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Science |
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This volume is a collection of 16 essays on the NACA and NASA aerospace research projects that received the prestigious Robert J. Collier Trophy. From NACA achievements such as the Whitcomb Area Rule and the NACA Engine Cowling to NASA landmarks such as the first Space Shuttle flight and the Hubble Space Telescope's first servicing mission, this book covers a variety of important NACA/NASA achievements. We recommend it highly for all students interested in aerospace history.
From Engineering Science to Big Science
Title | From Engineering Science to Big Science PDF eBook |
Author | NASA |
Publisher | |
Pages | 456 |
Release | 2006-03-01 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | 9781410225313 |
"Consists of essays on individual aerospace R&D projects throughout the history of both the NACA and NASA. These R&D projects are unified by the fact that each received the coveted Robert J. Collier Trophy for their numerous advances in the performance, efficiency, or safety of flying vehicles."--Back cover.
FROM ENGINEERING SCIENCE TO BIG SCIENCE: THE NACA AND NASA COLLIER TROPHY RESEARCH PROJECT WINNERS... NASA
Title | FROM ENGINEERING SCIENCE TO BIG SCIENCE: THE NACA AND NASA COLLIER TROPHY RESEARCH PROJECT WINNERS... NASA PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
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Pages | |
Release | 2000* |
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NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics: Flight environment, operations, flight testing, and research
Title | NASA's Contributions to Aeronautics: Flight environment, operations, flight testing, and research PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1064 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Aeronautics |
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Two-volume collection of case studies on aspects of NACA-NASA research by noted engineers, airmen, historians, museum curators, journalists, and independent scholars. Explores various aspects of how NACA-NASA research took aeronautics from the subsonic to the hypersonic era.-publisher description.
"Read You Loud and Clear!"
Title | "Read You Loud and Clear!" PDF eBook |
Author | Sunny Tsiao |
Publisher | History Office |
Pages | 532 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Technology & Engineering |
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These accounts tell how international goodwill and foreign cooperation were crucial to the operation of the network and why the space agency chose to build the STDN the way it did. More than anything else, the story of NASA's STDN is about the "unsung heroes of the space program."
Exploring the Unknown
Title | Exploring the Unknown PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 890 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Astronautics |
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Exploring the Unknown: Human spaceflight
Title | Exploring the Unknown: Human spaceflight PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 896 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | Astronautics |
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