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    To Orbit and Back Again : How the Space Shuttle Flew in Space

    Sivolella, Davide | TIBKAT | 2014
    built and flew the Shuttle. Highly illustrated with many diagrams, photographs and technical drawings, To Orbit and Back Again • focuses on the ...

    Power to orbit: solid rocket booster

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    otherwise it would not be possible to design even the smallest rocket. ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Power to orbit: the main engines

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    Abstract When a Shuttle ascended to orbit, it did so with the help of a cluster of three engines. The Space ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    The art of reaching orbit

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    out to put into practice the countless and often tiring hours of training. It was certainly a moment of intense concentration for the two ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Attitude and Orbit Prediction of IKAROS in Actual Flight Operation

    Mimasu, Yuya / Shirasawa, Yoji / Yonekura, Katsuhide et al. | Springer Verlag | 2014
    . In order to acquire IKAROS again after the power comes back, we immediately initiated to predict the attitude and orbit for the spacecraft. ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) , Optical and Electronic Materials

    Heart and lung of the Orbiter: the environmental control life support system and electrical control system

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    Abstract Earth provides all the necessary conditions for a wide variety of life forms to survive, and life is ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Auxiliary power unit and hydraulic system

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    the Shuttle, his initial thought was, ‘“Oh, auxiliary power unit doesn’t sound very important to me.’ Auxiliary means you may need it, you may ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    A skeleton for the Orbiter: structure and mechanisms

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    community set about designing and building the next space program. Although with trips only in low Earth orbit it looked less exciting than the ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Robust neuro-adaptive attitude control for high-precision Sun-pointing on a halo orbit

    Vutukuri, Srianish / Padhi, Radhakant | Elsevier | 2023
    1 halo orbit. In the presence of parametric inaccuracies and unknown disturbances, the proposed method effectively ...

    A brain and mind for the Orbiter: the avionics system

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    Abstract As the human body cannot live and function without the pumping action of the heart, the data processing ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Maneuvering in space: the orbital maneuvering system and reaction control system

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    capabilities for performing maneuvers. A rudimentary manual reaction control system could be used for minor attitude adjustments and adopting the ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Fundamentals of the Shuttle GNC

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    words: guidance, navigation and control. But if we want to be a little more prolix, we could say that it involves answering two questions ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Shuttle propulsion: the external tank

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    configuration before settling upon the shape that was used throughout the program. The initial Orbiter that NASA aspired to would have been fully ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    The Orbiter’s skin: the thermal protection system

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    still in full swing and therefore it was perfectly natural to look at what this technology had to offer as thermal shielding. ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Returning home

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    return home. Although after a few weeks in space an astronaut is eager to see their family again, leaving the surreal and magical environment of ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Orbital dancing

    Sivolella, Davide | Springer Verlag | 2014
    Abstract Science fiction movies have accustomed us to spaceships that fly in space as if they were advanced jet ...
    Keywords: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics

    Lunarport: A proposed Lunar-resource station to expand deep-space travel horizons

    Gat, Ilana / Talon, Thibaud | IEEE | 2017
    , after which, the LRS will land back on the Moon, reload propellants, and launch again to dock with the next rocket. This paper elaborates on ...

    Crew Exploration Vehicle Environmental Control and Life Support Development Status

    Cross, Cindy / Tuan, George / Lewis, John F. et al. | SAE Technical Papers | 2007
    (NASA) in the last thirty years. The CEV is being developed to transport the crew safely from the Earth to the Moon and back again. This year ...

    Spacecraft Charging Considerations and Design Efforts for the Orion Crew Module

    Scully, Bob | NTRS | 2017
    this case, the flight path may take the CM on an out and back pass through the Van Allen belts twice, then out to the moon, again passing ...
    Publisher: NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Keywords: Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance